機略縦横

Reading

Kana: きりゃくじゅうおう

Romaji: kiryakujūou

Definition

noun

adj-no

1

very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

機

Readings: キ、 はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

略

Readings: リャク、 ほぼ、 おか.す、 おさ.める、 はかりごと、 はか.る、 はぶ.く、 りゃく.す、 りゃく.する

Meanings: abbreviation, omission, outline, shorten, capture, plunder

縦

Readings: ジュウ、 たて

Meanings: vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward

横

Readings: オウ、 よこ

Meanings: sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse