策略|さくりゃくsakuryaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounstratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
   彼かれは策略さくりゃくで役職やくしょくから追い出おいだされた。↗

   He was maneuvered out of office.

• Synonym企みたくらみNeutralA bad scheme plotted in secret, as in 「何か企みがある」. More conversational than 「策略」, which leans written and stresses schemes and means.
• Synonym謀略ぼうりゃくWrittenWritten/formal. Schemes to bring someone down, common in political and military contexts. More sinister than 「策略」.
• Synonym謀はかりごとWrittenOld-fashioned word for a scheme, as in 「謀をめぐらす」. Now rare; 「策略」 is the usual choice.
• Synonym策謀さくぼうWrittenWritten/formal. Plotting a scheme; works as a noun and a suru verb. Near 「策略」 but more pejorative.
• SynonymトリックNeutralLoanword for a trick or conjuring device; not necessarily malicious.
• Synonym策さくNeutralA plan or measure, as in 「策を練る」. Neutral, with no negative shade.
• Synonym奸計かんけいWrittenWritten/formal. A crafty, treacherous scheme with strong negative force. 「策略」 also covers schemes against others and is used far more.
• Synonym悪巧みわるだくみCasualColloquial. A nasty scheme or plot, with a contemptuous tinge. 「策略」 is the more written word.
• Synonym計略けいりゃくNeutralA scheme or trap laid for someone, as in 「計略にかかる」. Close to 「策略」 but leans military.
• Synonym術策じゅっさくWrittenWritten/formal. Artful maneuvers, as in 「術策を弄する」. Carries a sense of playing tricks on people.
• Synonym詭計きけいWrittenWritten/formal. Deceptive tricks; rare. The emphasis is on deceiving people.
• Synonym詭謀きぼうWrittenWritten/formal. A sly, cunning scheme; very rare.
• Synonym謀計ぼうけいWrittenWritten/formal. A bad scheme hatched in secret; very rare.
• Synonym悪計あっけいWrittenWritten/formal. A wicked scheme; rare. In speech, 「悪巧み」 is the usual word.
• Synonym術計じゅっけいWrittenWritten/formal. Means or tricks; very rare.
• Synonym偽計ぎけいWrittenLegal term for deceptive means, as in 「偽計業務妨害」.
• Synonym権謀けんぼうWrittenWritten/formal. Usually seen in 「権謀術数」; expedient scheming that shifts with the situation.
• Synonym方略ほうりゃくWrittenWritten/formal. A method for achieving a goal, fairly neutral, as in 「経営方略」.
• Related企てくわだてNeutralAn attempt or plan, often with an improper aim, as in 「反乱の企て」. The focus is on the plotting itself.
• Related罠わなNeutralA trap, literal or figurative, as in 「罠にかける」. The focus is on setting the snare.
• Related仕掛けしかけNeutralA device or mechanism, and by extension a calculated setup, as in 「仕掛けを施す」.
• Related詐術さじゅつWrittenWritten/formal. Fraudulent tricks, as in 「詐術を用いる」; leans legal.

Choose 「策略」 for a scheme laid to trap or outwit an opponent, as in 「策略にはまる」. For plans or measures in general, 「策」 or 「作戦」 is the word; for schemes to bring someone down, 「謀略」; for a bad plot, 「悪巧み」; for a trap, 「罠」. Most of the rest are written words: 「奸計」 is strongly pejorative and 「策謀」 leans negative, 「詭計」「詭謀」「謀計」「悪計」「術計」 are rare, and 「偽計」「詐術」 lean legal.

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