方ほう略りゃくほうりゃくMeanings1nounplan; stratagem; measureRefers to a deliberate plan or strategy, often in a formal or systematic context. Slightly literary or formal in tone.新あらたな方ほう略りゃくを練ねる必ひつ要ようがある。We need to devise a new plan.彼かれは巧こう妙みょうな方ほう略りゃくで敵てきを欺あざむいた。He deceived the enemy with a clever stratagem.