謀略|ぼうりゃくbouryaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounscheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick

• Synonym策略さくりゃくNeutralA scheme laid to reach a goal, often with the aim of ensnaring the other side, as in 「策略を巡らす」; 「謀略」 is mostly political or military.
• Synonym策謀さくぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose for plotting intrigues; also used as a suru verb. Very close to 「謀略」.
• SynonymトリックNeutralLoanword for tricks and mystery-fiction devices; not necessarily malicious.
• Synonym陰謀いんぼうNeutralBad deeds plotted in secret, as in 「陰謀論」; 「謀略」 is mostly political or military.
• Synonym策さくNeutralMeasures or schemes, as in 「対策」「策を練る」; carries no pejorative shade.
• Synonym悪巧みわるだくみCasualColloquial: a nasty scheme or plot, with a contemptuous edge. 「謀略」 is mostly political or military and leans written/formal.
• Synonym奸計かんけいWrittenWritten/formal prose for a treacherous scheme, strongly pejorative; rarely used.
• Synonym計略けいりゃくNeutralA scheme or ruse, often a trap, as in 「計略にかかる」; 「謀略」 carries a stronger political coloring.
• Synonym詭計きけいWrittenWritten/formal prose for tricks to deceive people; rarely used.
• Synonym詭謀きぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose for deceitful schemes; very rarely used.
• Synonym謀計ぼうけいWrittenWritten/formal prose for schemes hatched in secret; very rarely used.
• Synonym悪計あっけいWrittenWritten/formal prose for a wicked scheme; rare. In speech you would say 「悪巧み」.
• Synonym術計じゅっけいWrittenWritten/formal prose for schemes and devices; very rarely used.
• Synonym術数じゅっすうWrittenWritten word, mostly seen in 「権謀術数」 for scheming to gain power; seldom used on its own.
• Synonym偽計ぎけいWrittenA legal term for deceptive means, as in 「偽計業務妨害」.
• Related罠わなNeutralA trap for catching animals, figuratively a snare, as in 「罠にかける」; 「謀略」 is a whole scheme deliberately plotted.
• Related企みたくらみNeutralA scheme hatched in secret, as in 「何か企みがある」; 「謀略」 is mostly political or military.
• Related謀はかりごとWrittenOld-fashioned word for a scheme, as in 「謀をめぐらす」; rarely used.
• Related落とし穴おとしあなNeutralA pit trap, figuratively an unforeseen pitfall; unlike 「謀略」, it need not be deliberately plotted.
• Related企てくわだてNeutralAn attempt or plan, often with a bad purpose; 「謀略」 centers on ensnaring others.
• Related陥穽かんせいWrittenWritten/formal prose for a trap or snare; rarely used.
• RelatedいかさまCasualColloquial: cheating or a con, also a fake; 「謀略」 is a scheme to ensnare an opponent, mostly political or military.
• RelatedたらしCasualColloquial; mostly a suffix, as in 「女たらし」「人たらし」, for someone who beguiles or deceives people.

「謀略」 is for schemes to ensnare an opponent in politics or the military, as in 「謀略にはまる」. For bad deeds plotted in secret, say 「陰謀」; in casual speech, 「悪巧み」; for a trap or snare, 「罠」. Most of the rest are rare written synonyms — 「奸計」「詭計」「陥穽」 and the like — while 「偽計」 is legal usage, 「トリック」 covers mystery-fiction tricks, and 「策」 is a neutral word for measures.

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