じゅつ

[術] **art

【U】【C】技術， こつ; 技巧∥ the art of building ＝the building art 建築術.

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じゅつ【術】

**art

〖U〗〖C〗技術， こつ; 技巧

the art of building ＝the building art 建築術.

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じゅつ【術】

1 〔技術〕 an art; a technique; a skill; 〔不可思議なわざ〕 magic; witchcraft.

●水遁の術 ⇒すいとんのじゅつ

・忍びの術 the art of the ninja; ninja technique(s)

・世渡りの術 social skills; the art of getting on with other people.

●術にかかる get taken in (by sb's stratagem); fall for sb's tricks [wiles].

●術を使う[施す] practice [use] magic

・…に術をかける lay [cast] a spell on sb; bewitch sb; use magic on sb.

2 〔手段〕 a means 《pl. ～》; a way.

●もはや施すべき術なし. We have exhausted all possibilities [alternatives].

3 〔計略〕 an artifice; a trick; a stratagem; craft.

●術に陥る fall into a trap; be [get] tricked; be taken in (by a trick [stratagem]).

読唇術 lipreading.

透視術 clairvoyance.