術|じゅつjutsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, noun (suffix)art; technique; skill
   ボクシングは、打うたれずに打うつ術じゅつだと定義ていぎされている。↗

   Boxing has been defined as the art of hitting without being hit.
2. nounmeans; way
3. nounstratagem; artifice; trick; trap
4. nounmagic; sorcery

• Synonym方法ほうほうNeutralThe most general word for a method, as in 「勉強方法」; 「術」 stresses skills and means, and can also refer to magic arts.
• Synonym手段しゅだんNeutralThe means taken to reach an end, as in 「交通手段」; 「術」 stresses skills and means, and can also refer to magic arts.
• Synonym手法しゅほうNeutralA technique or method of doing something, as in 「表現手法」 or 「新しい手法」; 「術」 stresses skills and means, and can also mean magic arts.
• Synonym仕方しかたNeutralAn everyday word for a way of doing things, frequent in speech as in 「仕方がない」; 「術」 is more written in tone and also means a skill.
• Synonym手口てぐちNeutralIn the sense that overlaps 「術」, a criminal's method or trick, with a disapproving tone, as in 「詐欺の手口」; 「術」 stresses skills and means.
• Synonym手立ててだてNeutralMeans or measures taken to achieve something, as in 「手立てを講じる」; 「術」 stresses skills and means.
• SynonymメソッドNeutralLoanword for a systematic method or teaching approach, as in 「学習メソッド」; 「術」 stresses skills and means rather than a structured system.
• Synonym為ん術せんすべWrittenArchaic word for a feasible means, kept alive almost only in 「為ん術なし」 (there is no way left); rare in modern use.
• Synonym方途ほうとWrittenWritten-style word for a way or means forward, as in 「解決の方途」; 「術」 stresses skills and means.
• Synonym方術ほうじゅつWrittenWritten word for methods, and also for Taoist mystic arts like those of hermits; 「術」 is broader, centering on skills and means.
• Synonymやり口やりくちCasualColloquial word for a way of doing things, usually with a disapproving shade, as in 「汚いやり口」; 「術」 stresses skills and means.

「術」 covers skills and techniques, means, and magic arts, as in 「護身術」 and 「なす術もない」. For general methods use 「方法」 or 「仕方」; for means, 「手段」 or 「手立て」; for criminal methods, 「手口」.

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

1. (ジュツ) わざ。技能ぎのう。
2. (ジュツ) 不思議ふしぎなわざ。妖術ようじゅつ。魔術まじゅつ。
3. (ばけ、古典こてん語ご) てだて。はかりごと。