トリックtorikku

1. nountrick
2. nounplot device; mystery-fiction trope
   このミステリーのトリックは、奇想天外きそうてんがいだ。↗

   This mystery has a plot twist that's completely novel.

• Synonym罠わなNeutralOriginally a trap for catching animals, extended to a snare set to make someone fall for it, as in 「罠にかかる」. 「トリック」 stresses the eye-deceiving technique.
• Synonym企みたくらみNeutralA secretly planned scheme, usually a plot, but it can also be a harmless idea, as in 「面白い企み」. It does not mean a magic trick.
• Synonym謀略ぼうりゃくWrittenWritten/formal: a stratagem for bringing down an opponent, mostly in large-scale military or political settings. 「トリック」 is a concrete trick.
• Synonym策略さくりゃくNeutralRather negative: scheming means used against an opponent, as in 「策略を巡らす」. 「トリック」 leans toward a concrete sleight of eye.
• Synonym策謀さくぼうWrittenWritten/formal: plotting and scheming; can also work as a verb, 「策謀する」, and is common in political struggle. 「トリック」 is a concrete technique.
• Synonym仕掛けしかけNeutralA device or mechanism, and by extension a prepared means or move, as in 「仕掛けがある」. 「トリック」 stresses fooling the eye.
• Synonym謀はかりごとWrittenA native word, elegant and written: a plan thought out in advance to make things go well, as in 「謀をめぐらす」; not necessarily deceptive.
• Synonym細工さいくNeutralOriginally fine handiwork, but also secretly tampering or rigging things, as in 「細工をする」. 「トリック」 stresses deceiving the eye.
• Synonym落とし穴おとしあなNeutralA pit dug to catch people or animals, and figuratively an unnoticed flaw, as in 「思わぬ落とし穴」. 「トリック」 is a deceptive technique.
• Synonym奸計かんけいWrittenWritten and rare: a crafty, strongly malicious scheme. 「トリック」 usually means a trick that deceives the eye, as in magic or mystery fiction.
• Synonym悪巧みわるだくみCasualColloquial: a bad plan hatched privately, with the nuance of scheming against others. It does not refer to tricks in magic or mystery stories.
• Synonym術策じゅっさくWrittenWritten and rare: scheming against others, as in 「術策を弄する」. In everyday speech 「策略」 or 「企み」 is enough.
• Synonym詭計きけいWrittenWritten and rare: a scheme to deceive or trap people. Close to the trick sense of 「トリック」, but not used for magic or games.
• Synonym詭謀きぼうWrittenWritten and rare: a crafty deceptive scheme, close to 「詭計」. In daily speech say 「トリック」 or 「策略」.
• Synonym謀計ぼうけいWrittenWritten and rare: an evil scheme plotted in secret, stressing advance planning. It does not refer to tricks in magic or mystery fiction.
• Synonym計略けいりゃくNeutralA scheme or stratagem, often 「計略にかかる」, stressing setting things up so someone falls for it. 「トリック」 is more a technique or sleight of eye.
• Synonym悪計あっけいWrittenWritten and rare: a vicious scheme with strong negative force. In daily speech say 「悪巧み」; 「トリック」 is not necessarily malicious.
• Synonym術計じゅっけいWrittenWritten and rare: means or stratagem, stressing craft and maneuvering. In daily speech say 「策略」 or 「手段」; it has nothing to do with magic tricks.
• Synonym術数じゅっすうWrittenWritten/formal: scheming and maneuvering, best known from 「権謀術数」; it also has an old sense of divination. It does not mean a magic trick.
• Synonym一芝居ひとしばいCasualColloquial: an act put on to deceive someone, as in 「一芝居打つ」. It stresses feigned performance rather than a mechanism or technique.

Use 「トリック」 for magic tricks, devices in mystery fiction, and tricks that fool the eye. For conspiracies say 「企み」 or 「悪巧み」, for traps 「罠」, for military or political stratagems 「謀略」, and for secret tampering 「細工」. The many written terms like 「詭計」 or 「悪計」 are rare and strongly negative.

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1. 犯罪はんざいや推理すいり小説しょうせつ、手品てじななどで、人ひとの目めをあざむくためのからくり。詭計きけい。
2. トランプゲームで、一巡いちじゅんで出だされたカードすべてを一いち組くみとしたもの。