Illustration: In a small apartment courtyard after heavy rain, residents put a coordinated flood-prevention arrangement into place. One fits a removable barrier across a low doorway, another clears the drain, and a third directs water along a temporary channel away from the entrance.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

方ほう策さく

housaku

measure, policy

Example sentences

政府せいふは国内産業振興こくないさんぎょうしんこうの方策ほうさくを講こうじた。
The government has taken measures to promote domestic industry.
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正直しょうじきが最善さいぜんの方策ほうさくであるのは言いうまでもない。
It goes without saying that honesty is the best policy.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
別べつに古風こふうに則のっとっているわけではなくて暗殺防止あんさつぼうしのための方策ほうさくであった。
It was not an ancient tradition, but a measure to prevent assassination.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 方策

方direction; personOnホウKunかた
策scheme; planOnサク

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