Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 5
とう
Jinmeiyō
しゅ
Grade: 1
だん
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 常套 (conventional, habitual) +‎ 手段 (means, way)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) じょーとーしゅだん [jòótóóshúꜜdàǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːto̞ːɕɨᵝdã̠ɴ]

Noun edit

(じょう)(とう)(しゅ)(だん) (jōtōshudan

  1. one's usual practice, one's old trick; one's usual modus operandi, the same old tactic
    Synonym: 常用手段

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN