工夫(P);功夫 | [くふう, kufuu] (n, vs) (1) scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously; (2) dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation); (P) #9,155 [Add to Longdo] |
意匠惨憺 | [いしょうさんたん, ishousantan] (n) taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something [Add to Longdo] |
無能無策 | [むのうむさく, munoumusaku] (n) ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation [Add to Longdo] |