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術策 (じゅっさく, jussaku) Japanese meaning: artifice | Kotomora
じ 字 Furigana
Related words 策さく 略りゃく 策略 is a more common word for 'strategy' or 'scheme', while 術策 emphasizes cunning or trickery.
計けい 略りゃく 計略 also means 'scheme' or 'plot', but can be used in both positive and negative contexts, whereas 術策 leans more toward underhanded tactics.
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He used artifice to bring down his rival.
That politician is skilled in intrigue.
Machiavellian scheming; trickery; wiles
Etymology Compound of 術 (technique, art) and 策 (plan, scheme). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys a sense of a crafted, often cunning plan.