水すい平へい思し考こう

noun

lateral thinking

A problem-solving approach that seeks creative, indirect solutions by looking at a problem from new angles, often contrasted with logical, step-by-step vertical thinking.

• 水すい平へい思し考こうは、既き成せい概がい念ねんにとらわれない発はっ想そうを促うながす。

  Lateral thinking encourages ideas that are not bound by conventional concepts.

• このパズルを解とくには水すい平へい思し考こうが必ひつ要ようだ。

  Solving this puzzle requires lateral thinking.