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一計 (いっけい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いっ計けい

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Meanings

1

plan; scheme; idea

Often used in the phrase 一計を案じる (to devise a plan). Slightly literary or formal; in casual speech 計画 or アイデア are more common.

彼かれは一いっ計けいを案あんじて、問もん題だいを解かい決けつした。
He devised a plan and solved the problem.

Expressions

一いっ計けいを案あんじるdevise a plan; work out a plan

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
計plot, plan, scheme

Related words

計けい画かく
計画 is the general, everyday word for 'plan' or 'project'. 一計 is more specific to a clever scheme or stratagem, often used in set phrases.
策さく略りゃく
策略 means 'strategy' or 'trick', often with a cunning or manipulative nuance. 一計 is a single clever idea or plan, not necessarily deceptive.

Etymology

一いっ計けいを巡めぐらせて、敵てきを出だし抜ぬいた。

He hatched a scheme and outwitted the enemy.

Compound of 一 (one) and 計 (plan, measure). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is conventionally used to mean a single clever plan or stratagem.