方策|ほうさくhousaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounplan; measure; means; scheme; policy
   政府せいふは国内こくない産業さんぎょう振興しんこうの方策ほうさくを講こうじた。↗

   The government has taken measures to promote domestic industry.

• Synonym手段しゅだんNeutralA means for achieving a purpose, stressing instrumentality; 「方策」 is a concrete measure devised to solve a problem.
• Synonym策さくWrittenA stratagem or countermeasure, as in 「策を練る」; written/formal prose, carrying a nuance of scheming.
• Synonym打つ手うつてNeutralA step one can take, mostly in the negative 「打つ手がない」; common in colloquial speech.
• Synonym施策しさくWrittenWritten/formal prose for policies or measures put into practice, by governments or firms, as in 「マーケティング施策」.
• Synonym政策せいさくNeutralGovernment policy, stressing broad macro-level direction.
• Synonym対策たいさくNeutralCountermeasures for dealing with a problem, as in 「地震対策」.
• Synonym方針ほうしんNeutralA policy or guiding principle, as in 「経営方針」; stresses direction rather than concrete measures.
• RelatedポリシーNeutralA loanword for a guiding principle or creed, as in 「自分のポリシー」.
• Related措置そちWrittenMeasures taken to deal with a matter, as in 「緊急措置」; formal.
• Related術じゅつWrittenA way or means, often in the negative 「なす術もない」; written/formal prose.
• Related政綱せいこうWrittenA political party's platform or principles; abstract, not a concrete measure; written/formal prose.
• Related方略ほうりゃくWrittenPlans and stratagems; written/formal prose, seldom used in modern Japanese.
• Antonym無策むさくWrittenThe opposite of 「方策」: having no measures at all, being at a loss; written/formal prose.

「方策」 is for concrete measures devised to solve a problem, as in 「方策を講じる」. Use 「対策」 for countermeasures against a problem, 「措置」 for handling steps, 「政策」 and 「施策」 for government policy, 「方針」 for direction or principles, and 「策」 for stratagems; 「無策」 means having none.

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1. 物事ものごとを処理しょりする手段しゅだん。
2. 文書ぶんしょ。記録きろく。