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策士 (さくし, sakushi) Japanese meaning: tactician | Kotomora
じ 字
Expressions 策さく 士し 策さく に 溺おぼ れる the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme; craft brings nothing home Kanji 士 gentleman, scholar, samurai Related words 策士 is the more common word for a strategist or schemer, while 手取り in this sense is rarer and stresses skillful handling of people.
策士 focuses on someone who is cunning at devising schemes, often with a slightly negative shade, while 参謀 is neutral and describes an official planning role.
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He showed his skill as a tactician during the election campaign.
That man is just a schemer; I can't trust him.
Etymology Compound of 策 (plan, scheme) and 士 (person of a certain profession). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period to refer to a person skilled in devising strategies.
