術 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 術意味

art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic

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術 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

すべ sube

KUNYOMI　訓読み

ジュツ jutsu

Examples

今となっては事の真相を知るすべもない。

At this distance we cannot hope to know the truth.

ボクシングは、打たれずに打つ術だと定義されている。

Boxing has been defined as the art of hitting without being hit.

政府もなすすべがないようだ。

It sounds as if the government doesn’t know what to do.

彼が生きていることを確かめるすべはなかった。

There is no way to confirm that he is alive.

まだ１２歳だったが、スーザンは自分で暮らすすべを知っていた。

Though she was only twelve years old, Susan knew how to make a living.

その係長は勤勉な男ではないが、上役にとり入る術を心得ているから、早く昇進するのだ。

The chief clerk is not a hardworking man, but gets ahead rapidly because he knows how to curry favor with his superiors.

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地 ground, earth

角 angle, corner, square, horn, antlers

算 calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability

月 month, moon

欠 lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)