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策 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 策 意味

scheme, plan, policy, step, means

策 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

KUNYOMI 訓読み

サク saku

Examples

正直は決して最上の策ではない。Honesty is never the best policy.
正直は最上の策。Honesty is the best policy.
正直は必ずしも最上の策とは限らない。Honesty is not always the best policy.
私は正直は最良の策だと思います。I think that honesty is the best policy.
彼は正直は最良の策を信じなかった。He didn’t believe that honesty is the best policy.
これまた政府の隠ぺい策のようです。This looks like another government cover-up.
彼女はある種の慰めとして詩策に精を出した。She turned to her writing of poetry, as a kind of consolation.
正直は最良の策だ、と私は信じている。Honesty, I believe, is the best policy.
いうまでもなく、正直は最良の策である。It goes without saying that honesty is the best policy.
正直が最良の策であるというのが私の信念だ。It is my belief that the important thing is that we should do our best.

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