仕組み・仕組|しくみshikumi[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounstructure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; mechanism; workings
   経済学けいざいがくは経済けいざいの仕組しくみを研究けんきゅうする学問がくもんである。↗

   Economics is the study of economic mechanisms.
2. nounplan; plot; contrivance

• Synonym組み立てくみたてNeutralCovers assembly and building, and also the structure of a text; 「仕組み」 highlights how something works — its underlying principle or mechanism.
• Synonym構造こうぞうNeutralPoints to a static structure or construction; 「仕組み」 stresses the way something operates rather than its physical makeup.
• Synonym組織そしきNeutralMeans an organization or institution, and also biological tissue; 「仕組み」 centers on the working mechanism instead.
• Synonym構成こうせいNeutralRefers to composition or constituent elements, as in 「家族構成」; 「仕組み」 centers on how the whole works.
• Synonym仕掛けしかけNeutralA gadget or device, and by extension a trap or trick; 「仕組み」 looks at the overall working principle, without the trickery nuance.
• Synonym機構きこうWrittenWritten/formal prose: an institution or mechanism, as in 「行政機構」; 「仕組み」 is the more colloquial choice.
• Synonym作りつくりNeutralThe way something is made or built, as in 「頑丈な作り」; 「仕組み」 is about operation, not build quality.
• Synonym体系たいけいNeutralA system of theory or knowledge; 「仕組み」 focuses on working mechanisms instead.
• SynonymメカニズムNeutralA loanword for mechanism or working principle, leaning academic; 「仕組み」 is more colloquial.
• Synonym機序きじょWrittenWritten/formal medical and pharmacological term for a mechanism of action; in everyday speech say 「仕組み」.
• Related系統けいとうNeutralCovers systems, lineage and factions; 「仕組み」 focuses on how something operates.
• Related配列はいれつNeutralArrangement or layout; 「仕組み」 focuses on the working mechanism.
• RelatedシステムNeutralA loanword for a system or setup, as in 「管理システム」; 「仕組み」 is native Japanese and stresses the working principle.
• RelatedからくりNeutralA mechanical contrivance, and also hidden tricks or schemes; 「仕組み」 is neutral.
• RelatedストラクチャNeutralA technical loanword for structure; in daily use, say 「構造」.
• RelatedメカニクスWrittenA technical loanword for mechanics, the physics field; 「仕組み」 is about how something works.

Use 「仕組み」 for how something works — its principle or mechanism; it is common in speech. For static structure pick 「構造」, for constituent elements 「構成」, for gadgets or traps 「仕掛け」, for systems 「システム」, and for academic flavor 「メカニズム」. 「機構」 and 「機序」 are written/formal; 「組み立て」 suits assembly or text structure.

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