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手段を講じる (しゅだんをこうじる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

手しゅ段だんを講こうじる

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

take measures; take steps

Formal expression used when deliberate action is taken to address a situation or solve a problem.

政せい府ふは感かん染せん拡かく大だいを防ふせぐために手しゅ段だんを講こうじた。
The government took measures to prevent the spread of infection.

問もん題だいが深しん刻こく化かする前まえに、何なんらかの手しゅ段だんを講こうじる必ひつ要ようがある。

We need to take some kind of steps before the problem gets worse.

Kanji

手hand
段grade, steps, stairs
講lecture, club, association

Similar words

措そ置ちを講こうじる
More formal and often used in legal or administrative contexts; 手段を講じる is slightly broader and can be used in business or everyday formal situations.
対たい策さくを取とる
Similar meaning but 取る is more common and slightly less formal than 講じる.

Etymology

手段 (means, measures) + を + 講じる (to take, to adopt). 講じる originally means 'to lecture' or 'to explain', but in this compound it has taken on the meaning 'to adopt (a method)'.