How to say "strategy" in Japanese

• 戦略せんりゃくCommon
  no-adjectiveStrategy in the sense of a large-scale, long-term plan for reaching a major goal — military campaigns, corporate planning, competitive games; the most direct equivalent of English 'strategy'.
  その会社かいしゃの急速きゅうそくな成長せいちょうはその独特どくとくな戦略せんりゃくによるものだった。↗

  The rapid growth of the firm was attributed to its unique strategy.
• 作戦さくせんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA concrete plan of action for a particular campaign, battle, or undertaking — more specific than overall strategy; also extends to an everyday scheme or game plan.
  タイムをとって作戦さくせんを練ねろう。↗

  Let's take time out to elaborate a strategy.
• 戦法せんぽうCommon
  nounStrategy and tactics as a method or style of fighting — how one fights or plays in martial arts, sports, or games, rather than a plan for a whole campaign.
• 策謀さくぼうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbStrategy only in the negative sense of scheming — crafty plotting and machinations to outmaneuver others; seldom the word you want for neutral planning or strategy.
• 兵法へいほうCommon
  nounStrategy in the sense of the art of war itself — the principles and craft of warfare as a body of knowledge, the subject of military treatises; not a word for any single plan.

Choose 戦略 for large-scale strategy in war, business, or games; 作戦 for a concrete plan of operations; 戦法 for a style or method of fighting; 策謀 only for scheming; 兵法 for the art of war itself.

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• 戦略せんりゃくstrategy
• 作戦さくせんtactics
• 戦法せんぽうtactics
• 策謀さくぼうstrategy
• 兵法へいほうart of war
• 兵学へいがくmilitary science
• 対策たいさくmeasure
• ストラテジーstrategy
• 軍略ぐんりゃくstrategy
• 武略ぶりゃくstrategy
• 兵略へいりゃくstrategy
• 韜略とうりゃくstrategy
• 戦機せんきtime for battle
• 軍学ぐんがくmilitary science
• 用兵術ようへいじゅつtactics
• 兵術へいじゅつthe art of war
• 軍法ぐんぽうmilitary law
• 兵へいwarfare
• 駆け引きかけひきtactics
• 略りゃくplan
• 攻略こうりゃくstrategy