罠・羂|わなwana[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nountrap (for catching animals); snare
   チーズはしばしばネズミを罠わなにおびきよせる。↗

   Cheese often lures a mouse into a trap.
2. nountrap; trick; ruse
   奴やつが俺おれをわなにはめてスキャンダルにおとしいれた。↗

   He set me up for the scandal.

• Synonym落とし穴おとしあなNeutralA pit dug to catch people or animals, figuratively a hidden danger that goes unnoticed; 「罠」 leans toward animal-catching devices or traps set to ensnare people.
• SynonymトラップNeutralLoanword for an animal trap or pitfall, also used in games and sports; the native 「罠」 is the more common everyday word.
• SynonymトリックNeutralLoanword for a trick, especially the central trick of a mystery story; 「罠」 is a trap.
• Synonym陥穽かんせいWrittenWritten word for a trap or a scheme to entrap someone; 「罠」 is the more everyday choice.
• Related企みたくらみNeutralA plot or scheme, stressing secret intentions; 「罠」 is a concrete trap that has been set.
• Related謀略ぼうりゃくWrittenWritten word for stratagems plotted to entrap others, common in political and military contexts; 「罠」 is a concrete trap.
• Related策略さくりゃくNeutralA stratagem or tactic, neutral in itself but also usable for a ruse; 「罠」 is a concrete trap.
• Related策謀さくぼうWrittenWritten word for schemes hatched in secret, stressing the plotting itself; 「罠」 is the concrete trap set for someone to fall into.
• Related企てくわだてNeutralA plan or undertaking, as in 「企てが失敗」, not necessarily bad; 「罠」 always means an actual trap, whether a snare for animals or a ploy to catch people out.
• Related謀はかりごとWrittenWritten word for stratagems, as in 「謀をめぐらす」, not necessarily harmful; 「罠」 is always a concrete trap, be it a device for catching animals or a snare laid for people.
• Related奸計かんけいWrittenWritten word for a crafty, wicked scheme, stressing evil intent; 「罠」 is a concrete trap set for someone.
• Related悪巧みわるだくみCasualColloquial word for sinister scheming and dirty tricks; 「罠」 is a trap that has actually been set.
• Related引っ掛けひっかけCasualColloquial word for a trick played on someone or a trick question, as in 「引っ掛け問題」; 「罠」 is a trap meant to harm.
• Related計略けいりゃくNeutralA scheme or stratagem, stressing the planning side; 「罠」 is the concrete trap such a scheme takes shape as.
• Related術策じゅっさくWrittenRare written word for artifice or political maneuvering; 「罠」 is a concrete trap people fall into.
• Related詭計きけいWrittenRare written word for tricks to deceive people; 「罠」 is more everyday and can also mean a device for catching animals.
• Related詭謀きぼうWrittenRare written word for cunning stratagems; 「罠」 is a concrete trap set for someone and the usual everyday word.
• Related術計じゅっけいWrittenRare written word for means or stratagems; it lacks the concrete image of a trap set to catch someone that 「罠」 has.
• Related謀計ぼうけいWrittenRare written word for an evil plan hatched in secret; 「罠」 is a concrete trap.
• Related偽計ぎけいWrittenWritten, legal term for a deceptive scheme, as in 「偽計業務妨害」; 「罠」 is the everyday word for a trap.

「罠」 is the everyday word for a device to catch animals or a trap set to ensnare people, as in 「罠にかかる」 and 「罠を仕掛ける」. For a dug pit, literal or figurative, use 「落とし穴」; for secret plots use 「企み」 or the colloquial 「悪巧み」; for stratagems use 「策略」 or 「計略」. The written compounds (陥穽, 奸計, 謀略, 詭計 and the like) belong to formal prose, while the loanwords 「トラップ」 and 「トリック」 cover traps and tricks, the latter especially in mystery fiction.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 縄なわや竹たけなどを輪わの形かたちにし、鳥獣ちょうじゅうを生け捕いけどりにする仕掛しかけ。
2. 人ひとを陥おとしいれる計略けいりゃく。