謀・籌|はかりごとhakarigoto[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounplan; scheme; stratagem; plot; trick

• Synonym策略さくりゃくNeutralSchemes and tricks, often aimed at trapping someone, as in 「策略にはまる」; more conversational and modern than 「謀」.
• Synonym策さくNeutralCountermeasures and ways of handling things, as in 「策を練る」; leans toward solving a problem and is not necessarily a scheme or trick.
• SynonymトリックNeutralLoanword. A trick or the trick mechanism of a mystery story; leans toward entertainment contexts.
• Synonym陰謀いんぼうNeutralConspiracy, as in 「陰謀論」; leans toward large, secret plans that must not come to light.
• Synonym策謀さくぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Scheming and maneuvering, with a negative tinge; close to 「策略」.
• Synonym計略けいりゃくNeutralPlans or snares laid to deceive people, as in 「計略にかかる」; leans toward tricking someone by design, and is more common than 「謀」.
• Related企みたくらみNeutralHidden ill intent, as in 「企みを見抜く」; leans toward an individual's private scheming, and is more conversational than 「謀」.
• Related謀略ぼうりゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Schemes to bring others down, tending toward politics and military affairs; more strongly negative than 「謀」.
• Related企てくわだてNeutralAn undertaking or plan to do something big; can be neutral and is not necessarily a trick or stratagem.
• Related罠わなNeutralA device for catching birds and beasts, used figuratively for a trap, as in 「罠にはまる」; more concrete and vivid than 「謀」.
• Related共謀きょうぼうNeutralPlotting together by several people, often as a legal charge, as in 「共謀罪」; stresses joint action.
• Related魂胆こんたんCasualColloquial. Ulterior motives one harbors, as in 「魂胆が見え見え」; leans toward hidden intentions.
• Related悪巧みわるだくみCasualColloquial. Wicked schemes or plots, for misdeeds large or small; plainer than 「謀」 and clearly negative.
• Related奸計かんけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Treacherous, sinister plots; rarely used and strongly derogatory.
• Related謀計ぼうけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Bad schemes hatched in secret; rare and close in meaning to 「謀略」. In everyday speech 「陰謀」 is the usual word.
• Related術策じゅっさくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Schemes and artifices, as in 「術策を弄する」; leans toward the deliberate working of tricks.
• Related目論見もくろみNeutralA plan or design one has in mind, as in 「目論見が外れる」; can be neutral and leans toward personal expectations.
• Related詭計きけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Tricks for deceiving people, leaning toward fraudulent means; rare and rather classical.
• Related詭謀きぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Crafty, deceitful schemes; extremely rare and classical in flavor.
• Related悪計あっけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Evil schemes; rare, and a more literary equivalent of 「悪巧み」.
• Related密謀みつぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Secret plotting; stresses keeping the plan hidden from others.
• Related偽計ぎけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Deceptive schemes, seen in the legal term 「偽計業務妨害」.
• Related権謀けんぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Expedient scheming that shifts with the situation, mostly in 「権謀術数」; leans toward politics.
• Related方略ほうりゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Plans and measures for achieving an aim; fairly neutral, with no hint of conspiracy.
• Related密計みっけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Secret plans; rare and close in meaning to 「密謀」.

For neutral plans and measures, use 「策」. 「謀」 itself belongs to written, elegant prose and means a scheme worked out in advance, as in 「謀をめぐらす」. For tricks to trap someone, use 「策略」 or 「計略」; for a trap or snare, 「罠」; for a conspiracy, 「陰謀」.

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