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手練手管 (terentekuda) Japanese meaning: wiles | Kotomora
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手て
練れん
手て
管くだ
を
弄ろう
し
て
、
彼かの
女じょ
を
騙だま
し
た
。
He used wiles to deceive her.
No one is fooled anymore by that politician's trickery.
Kanji 管 pipe, tube, wind instrument Related words 策さく 略りゃく 策略 is a more general and neutral term for strategy or scheme, while 手練手管 specifically implies cunning, manipulative, or deceptive tactics.
駆か け 引ひ き 駆け引き refers to bargaining or tactical maneuvering in negotiations, often with a connotation of give-and-take, whereas 手練手管 emphasizes sly, underhanded methods.
Etymology A yojijukugo combining 手練 (skill, trick) and 手管 (wiles, trick). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it likely emerged from the repetition of similar meanings for emphasis.
