手口|てぐちteguchi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounmodus operandi; criminal technique; trick

• Synonym手法しゅほうWrittenWritten/formal prose word for a technique or method, used in art, research, politics and crime alike; 「手口」 centers on criminal techniques.
• Synonym術じゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose, mostly in 「なす術もない」 (= no way to act); 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• Synonymやり口やりくちCasualColloquial word for a way of doing things, often with a negative nuance; 「手口」 refers chiefly to how a crime was carried out.
• Related手てNeutralNeutral word for the hand, but also a move or trick, as in 「その手は食わない」; used in both speech and writing, while 「手口」 is mainly about criminal methods.
• Related仕様しようNeutralNeutral; a way of doing things, mostly seen in 「仕様がない」, and also technical specifications; 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• Relatedやり方やりかたNeutralNeutral word for how you do something; 「手口」 typically refers to the method of a crime.
• Related方法ほうほうNeutralNeutral, the broadest word for a method or means; 「手口」 typically refers to criminal techniques.
• Related方式ほうしきWrittenWritten/formal prose word for a fixed form or system; 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• Related手段しゅだんNeutralNeutral word for the means used to achieve an end; 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• Related仕方しかたNeutralNeutral; a way of doing things, mostly in 「仕方がない」; 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• Related手立ててだてNeutralNeutral word for means or measures, as in 「手立てを講じる」; 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• Related筋道すじみちWrittenWritten/formal prose word for logic, order or a proper sequence; 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• Related法ほうWrittenWritten/formal prose; chiefly law and rules, but also method; 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• RelatedメソッドNeutralLoanword for method or methodology, as in 「学習メソッド」; 「手口」 typically refers to criminal techniques.
• Related為ん術せんすべFormalFormal, archaic term, mostly in 「せん術ない」 (= at a loss, no way out); 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• RelatedすべWrittenWritten/formal prose, mostly in 「なす術もない」 (= no way to act); 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• Related方途ほうとFormalFormal word for a way or means; 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• Related方術ほうじゅつFormalFormal word for methods and means, also mystic arts; 「手口」 is a criminal technique.
• RelatedなすすべFormalFormal, mostly in 「なす術がない」 (= nothing can be done); 「手口」 is a criminal technique.

「手口」 is the way a crime was carried out, as in 「詐欺の手口」; in securities trading it also refers to a stock's buying and selling record. For methods in general use 「方法」 or 「やり方」; for a way of doing things with a negative nuance, 「やり口」; for means to an end, 「手段」 or 「手立て」. Most of the rest are written or formal words for method, or set phrases like 「仕方がない」 and 「なす術がない」.

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