小しょう策さく

noun

petty trick; ruse; small scheme

Refers to a minor, often cunning plan or trick, usually with a negative or dismissive nuance. Not a grand strategy.

• 彼かれの小しょう策さくにはもう騙だまされない。

  I won't be fooled by his petty tricks anymore.

• そんな小しょう策さくでは問もん題だいは解かい決けつしない。

  Such a small scheme won't solve the problem.