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常套手段 (joutoushudan) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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あい
手て
を
褒ほ
め
て
から
本ほん
題だい
に
入はい
る
こと
だ
。
His usual trick is to first compliment the other person and then get to the main point.
That's nothing more than an old trick of con artists.
Kanji 套 accumulate, big and long, hackneyed Related words 常じょう 套とう 句く 常套句 refers to a clichéd phrase or set expression, while 常套手段 refers to a habitual method or trick.
手て 口ぐち 手口 is a more general term for a modus operandi or technique, often used in criminal contexts, while 常套手段 emphasizes the habitual and sometimes cunning nature of the method.
Etymology A yojijukugo composed of 常套 (じょうとう, 'conventional, routine') and 手段 (しゅだん, 'means, method'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the compound has been used since at least the early modern period to refer to one's stock tricks or habitual methods.
