常套

じょうとう【常套】

¶彼女の～手段

a favorite trick of hers

¶ → 常套語句

¶ → 常套語句を使う人

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じょうとう【常套】

conventionality; triteness.

●常套の conventional; commonplace; trite; hackneyed

・常套の文句 a hackneyed expression; a cliché.

●常套を脱する shed [《俗》 chuck off, break the bonds of] conventionalism.

常套句 a conventional [hackneyed, stock] phrase; a platitude; a cliché.

常套語 a hackneyed expression; a trite saying; a platitude; a commonplace.

常套手段 a well-worn device; an old trick; tired [worn-out] measures; familiar ways; one's usual practice.

●常套手段を用いる use a familiar ploy; be up to one's old [favorite] tricks.