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contrive

工夫

contrivance

計策

contrivance noun

  /kənˈtɹaɪ.vəns/
  • A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task; contraption.
 機器
  • A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
 予定

contrive verb

  /kənˈtɹaɪv/
  • To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
 企む

contrived adjective

  /kənˈtɹaɪvd/
  • Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
 じっくり
  • Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
 態とらしい
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