手法|しゅほうshuhou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nountechnique; method
   彼かれの手法しゅほうは全まったく驚おどろくべきものだった。↗

   His technique was absolutely amazing.

• Synonym方法ほうほうNeutralThe broadest, most general word for a method. 「手法」 zeroes in on the particular technique or approach, as in artistic expression or criminal methods.
• Synonym方式ほうしきNeutralA systematic, established way or scheme, as in 「支払い方式」 (payment method); leans toward systems and set procedures rather than technique.
• Synonymやり方やりかたNeutralThe everyday colloquial word for a way of doing something; it says nothing about how skillful the technique is.
• Synonym技術ぎじゅつNeutralSkill or technology in general — usable for science, engineering, art, or cooking, as in 「技術革新」. 「手法」 stresses a concrete way of doing things.
• Synonym技法ぎほうWrittenA written, formal term for technique in the arts, as in 「絵画の技法」 (painting technique).
• SynonymテクニックNeutralLoanword for personal technique or skill, common in speech, as in 「テクニックを磨く」 (polish one's technique).
• Synonym手口てぐちNeutralSpecifically a criminal's method, with a negative shade, as in 「詐欺の手口」 (a scam's tricks).
• Synonym手段しゅだんNeutralThe means taken to achieve an end — instrumental in feel; 「手法」 stresses the technique itself.
• Synonym手立ててだてNeutralA measure taken to deal with a problem, as in 「手立てがない」 (there is nothing one can do).
• Synonym術じゅつWrittenA written word for means or recourse, mostly in the negative 「なす術がない」 (there is no way to...).
• Synonym流儀りゅうぎNeutralOne's own distinctive way of doing things or a school's tradition, as in 「自分の流儀」 (my own way).
• Synonym仕方しかたNeutralA way of doing something, as in 「勉強の仕方」; 「仕方がない」 means it cannot be helped.
• SynonymメソッドNeutralA loanword for methodology or a teaching method; specialist and technical in flavor.
• Related様式ようしきWrittenA written, formal word for a fixed style or form, as in 「建築様式」 (architectural style).
• Related法ほうWrittenMostly 'law', but also 'method', typically as a suffix in compounds like 「計算法」 (calculation method).
• Related作風さくふうNeutralThe overall style or character of a writer's or artist's work — the whole manner, not a single technique.
• RelatedすべWrittenA written word for means or recourse, mostly in the negative 「なす術がない」 (there is no way to...).

Use 「手法」 for the technique or approach used in artistic expression or in handling things, as in 「表現手法」. For a plain method, 「方法」 or 「やり方」 is the default; 「技法」 is artistic technique, 「テクニック」 personal skill, 「手口」 a criminal's method, and 「作風」 a work's overall style.

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1. 方法ほうほうややり方かた。