手て管くだ

noun

artifice; wiles; trickery

Refers to cunning schemes or deceptive techniques used to manipulate others, often in a negative sense.

• 彼かれは手て管くだを使つかって相あい手てをだました。

  He used trickery to deceive his opponent.

• 政せい治じ家かの手て管くだにはうんざりだ。

  I'm fed up with politicians' wiles.

noun

courtesan's art of seduction; coquetry

Specifically refers to the techniques used by courtesans in the pleasure quarters to attract or deceive customers. Historical and literary flavor.

• 遊ゆう女じょは手て管くだを尽つくして客きゃくを魅み了りょうした。

  The courtesan used all her arts of seduction to captivate the customer.