策

Meaning

策 centers on a deliberate method for achieving a goal: a scheme, plan, or policy. The 'step' and 'means' senses are natural extensions of this idea of a calculated approach.

• 対策たいさく
  N2

  measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy; preparation (e.g. for a test)

• 政策せいさく
  N2

  political measures; policy

• 策さく
  N1

  plan; policy; means; measure; stratagem; scheme

• 策定さくてい

  formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on

• 施策しさく

  policy; measure

• 策略さくりゃく
  N1

  stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics

• 散策さんさく

  walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring

• 画策かくさく

  scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting

• 方策ほうさく
  N1

  plan; measure; means; scheme; policy

• 国策こくさく

  national policy

• 失策しっさく

  blunder; slip; error

• 得策とくさく

  good policy; wise policy; best plan

• 策士さくし

  tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person

• 金策きんさく

  (means of) raising money

• 策謀さくぼう

  strategy; artifice

• 秘策ひさく

  secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

• 苦肉の策くにくのさく

  last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity

• 無策むさく

  lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means

• 奇策きさく

  bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme

• 万策ばんさく

  all means

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