術じゅつ

じゅ

つ

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Meanings

Refers to a learned practical skill, method, or art, often used as a suffix in compounds like 柔術 (jujitsu) or 話術 (speaking skills).

Indicates a way or method to achieve something, often used in set phrases like 術がない (there is no way).

もうこうなっては打うつ術じゅつがない。
Now that it has come to this, there is no way to deal with it.

Refers to a cunning plan, trick, or deceptive tactic, often with a negative or crafty connotation.

Used for supernatural arts or magic, often in fantasy contexts or compounds like 魔術 (magic) or 妖術 (bewitching art).

なす術すべがないthere is nothing one can do; to be at a loss
財ざい産さんをすべて失うしない、なす術すべがなかった。
Having lost all his assets, he was completely helpless.
〈事こと〉術に長けるじゅつにたけるto be skilled in a particular art or technique
彼かの女じょは話わ術じゅつに長たけている。
She is skilled in the art of conversation.
〈人ひと〉の術じゅつにかかるto fall for someone's trick or trap
まんまと彼かれの術じゅつにかかってしまった。
I fell right into his trap.
術じゅつを破やぶるto break or counter a spell
魔ま法ほう使つかいの術じゅつを破やぶることができた。
They managed to break the sorcerer's spell.
術じゅつを尽つくすto use every means or trick available
彼かれは生いき残のこるためにあらゆる術じゅつを尽つくした。
He used every trick he had in order to survive.

技ぎ術じゅつN4sense 1
技術 refers to technology or industrial technique, while 術 is a broader term covering art, skill, method, or even trickery, often in traditional or literary contexts.
方ほう法ほうN4sense 2
方法 is the everyday, general word for a method or way, while 術 in this sense sounds more literary and often implies a specialized or clever means.
策さくN1sense 3
策 emphasizes a calculated plan or scheme, while 術 in this sense stresses the cunning or trickery itself rather than the plan behind it.
魔ま法ほうN1sense 4
魔法 is the common word for magic in everyday and fantasy contexts, while 術 (as in 魔術・妖術) sounds more archaic or technical, referring to a specific magical art.

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技わざN2sense 1
技 refers to a concrete skill or move, as in martial arts or sports, while 術 is the broader art or discipline that such skills belong to, as in 柔術.
手しゅ段だんN3sense 2
手段 focuses on the concrete means or tool used to reach a goal, while 術 in this sense is more abstract and often appears in set phrases like 術がない.

すべ
Written with the same kanji, 術 read じゅつ means a skill, art, or technique (e.g. 忍術), while 術 read すべ means a way or means, almost always in negative expressions like すべがない.

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The kanji 術 originally depicts a path or way, extended to mean art, technique, or method. The reading じゅつ is the on'yomi.