常じょう套とう手しゅ段だん

じょ

う

と

う

しゅ

だ

ん

Meanings

1

noun

one's usual trick; habitual practice; old trick

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

Refers to a method or trick that someone habitually uses, often with a negative or cunning connotation. Commonly used in set phrases like 常套手段に過ぎない (it's just an old trick).

彼かれの常じょう套とう手しゅ段だんは、

まず

相あい

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.

それは詐さ欺ぎ師しの常じょう套とう手しゅ段だんに過すぎない。

That's nothing more than an old trick of con artists.