神しん算さん鬼き謀ぼう

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Meanings

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noun

inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo describing a plan or strategy so brilliant and unfathomable that it seems almost supernatural. Often used in literary or historical contexts.

彼かれの神しん算さん鬼き謀ぼうには誰だれもかなわなかった。
No one could match his inscrutable stratagems.

この作さく戦せんはまさに神しん算さん鬼き謀ぼうと言いうべきだ。

This operation truly deserves to be called an ingenious scheme.