策謀|さくぼうsakubou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbstrategy; artifice

• Synonym企みたくらみNeutralA scheme hatched in secret, as in 「企みを見抜く」; leans toward personal scheming and is more colloquial than 「策謀」.
• Synonym謀略ぼうりゃくWrittenWritten. A stratagem aimed at trapping or ruining others; its pejorative force is stronger than 「策謀」's.
• Synonym策略さくりゃくNeutralA scheme or tactic, as in 「策略にはまる」; close to 「策謀」 in sense but more common in use.
• Synonym謀はかりごとWrittenWritten. A scheme with an archaic flavor, as in 「謀をめぐらす」; can also be neutral.
• Synonym企てくわだてNeutralA plan or undertaking, large or small; can be neutral and not necessarily sinister, while 「策謀」 stresses a scheme plotted in secret.
• Synonym魂胆こんたんCasualColloquial. An ulterior motive hidden in one's heart, as in 「魂胆が見え見え」; points to the motive, while 「策謀」 is the scheme itself.
• Synonym画策かくさくWrittenWritten. Behind-the-scenes maneuvering, usually pejorative, as in 「裏で画策する」.
• SynonymトリックNeutralLoanword. A trick, especially the trick design at the heart of a mystery novel.
• Synonym企てるくわだてるNeutralVerb. To plan or plot something, as in 「謀反を企てる」; leans toward the act of scheming.
• Synonym図るはかるNeutralVerb. To seek or scheme for something, as in 「便宜を図る」; can be either positive or negative.
• Synonym奸計かんけいWrittenWritten. A treacherous, sinister scheme; more strongly pejorative than 「策謀」, leaning vicious, and rarely used.
• Synonym悪巧みわるだくみCasualColloquial. A bad idea or plot, covering misdeeds large and small; 「策謀」 is more written and stresses elaborate plotting.
• Synonym術策じゅっさくWrittenWritten. Crafty wiles, as in 「術策を弄する」; leans toward playing tricks and manipulating means.
• Synonym詭計きけいWrittenWritten. Tricks for deceiving people, leaning toward fraud; used rarely.
• Synonym詭謀きぼうWrittenWritten. A crafty, deceitful scheme; very rare and leaning literary or archaic.
• Synonym謀計ぼうけいWrittenWritten. An evil plot kept secret; leans toward secrecy and is rarely used.
• Synonym計略けいりゃくNeutralA stratagem or trap, as in 「計略にかかる」; leans toward using tricks to deceive people.
• Synonym悪計あっけいWrittenWritten. An evil scheme; synonymous with 「悪巧み」 but more literary in tone.
• Synonym術計じゅっけいWrittenWritten. Tricks and means; very rare and close in sense to 「術策」.
• Synonym偽計ぎけいWrittenWritten. A scheme built on deception; leans toward legal usage, as in 「偽計業務妨害」.
• Related罠わなNeutralA trap or snare, as in 「罠にはまる」; leans toward a trap deliberately set for someone.
• Related仕掛けしかけNeutralA device or mechanism, and by extension a designed trap; leans toward clever contrivance.
• Related仕組むしくむNeutralVerb. To arrange things behind the scenes, as in 「事件を仕組む」; leans toward staging the whole setup.
• Related詐術さじゅつWrittenWritten. The art of swindling; leans toward fraudulent techniques, as in 「詐術を用いる」.
• Related欺罔きもうWrittenWritten. Deception in the legal sense; leans toward legal documents and is rarely used.
• Antonym無策むさくWrittenWritten. Being at a loss for measures; the opposite of the calculating scheming of 「策謀」.

「策謀」 is a written word for a scheme carefully plotted in secret, as in 「策謀をめぐらす」 or 「策謀家」. For an ordinary scheme pick 「策略」 or 「計略」; for a bad idea say 「悪巧み」; for a stratagem to trap someone, 「謀略」; for having no plan at all, 「無策」.

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1. はかりごと。策略さくりゃく。