調ちょう略りゃく

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

plan; scheme; stratagem

Often implies a clever or strategic plan, sometimes with a nuance of trickery or manipulation. Used in both noun and suru-verb forms.

敵てきを欺あざむく調ちょう略りゃくを巡めぐらせる。
He devises a stratagem to deceive the enemy.
彼かれの調

ちょう

略りゃく

に

よっ

て

我われ

々われ

は

勝しょう

利り

し

た

。

We won thanks to his scheme.

Kanji

調tune, tone, meter
略abbreviation, omission, outline

Similar words

策さく略りゃく
策略 is a more common word for 'scheme' or 'trick', while 調略 often carries a historical or military nuance.
計けい略りゃく
計略 also means 'plan' or 'scheme', but 調略 can imply a more elaborate or deceptive plan.

Etymology

Compound of 調 (arrange, adjust) and 略 (abbreviation, strategy). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination suggests a carefully arranged plan or stratagem.