Illustration: At the back entrance of a neighborhood bakery, two workers need to move several heavy flour sacks over a step. One has wisely placed a sturdy portable ramp over the step and loaded the sacks onto a hand trolley.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

得とく策さく

tokusaku

wise course of action

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれが行いくのが得策とくさくだ。

    It is advisable for him to go.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. iPhoneは来月新らいげつあたらしいのが出でるから、今買いまかうのは得策とくさくじゃないと思おもうよ。

    There’s a new iPhone coming out next month so I think that it’s not such a bright idea to buy one now.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. また、そうなった場合ばあいにはもはや良貨りょうかをそのまま発行はっこうするのは得策とくさくではない。

    Once such a situation occurs, it is not a good policy to continue issuing high-quality coins.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 得策

  • 得gain; acquireOnトクKunえる・うる
  • 策scheme; planOnサク

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