How to say "intrigue" in Japanese

• 陰謀いんぼうCommon
  nounIntrigue as a secret, sinister plot or conspiracy: scheming carried on in the shadows, as in political or court intrigue where rival factions plot against one another.
  私は彼かれらの陰謀いんぼうをすぐに見抜みぬいた。↗

  I saw through their plot at once.
• 企みたくらみCommon
  nounIntrigue as scheming or trickery in general: a scheme, trick, or design that someone is hatching, which may be seen through or foiled; broader than 陰謀, it need not be a grand conspiracy.
  彼女かのじょはそのたくらみに加くわわったことを否定ひていした。↗

  She denied having taken part in the scheme.

Both words translate intrigue as secret plotting: use 陰謀 for a dark, conspiratorial plot and 「企み」 for a scheme or trick someone is hatching; neither covers the verb sense of intrigue, to fascinate.

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• 陰謀いんぼうplot
• 企みたくらみplot
• 術策を弄するじゅっさくをろうするto intrigue
• 術策じゅっさくartifice
• 面白さおもしろさappeal
• 悪巧みわるだくみwiles