tactics
戦術
解説 Definition
戦争や紛争で使われる計画された方法や手段を指します。目標を達成するための戦略的な行動計画です。
Tactics are specific methods or actions used to achieve a goal, especially in a game, competition, or difficult situation. The word often refers to short-term plans that help support a larger strategy. It is commonly used in sports, business, politics, and military contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
tactics は tactic の複数形で、「strategy が全体の作戦、tactics は現場で使う具体的な手」と対比で覚えると残りやすい。 sports tactics, military tactics, sales tactics のように分野を問わず使え、 change tactics は「やり方を切り替える」の定番。 形容詞 tactical もセットで覚えると語族で定着する。 tact とつづりが近いが、tact は「気配り・機転」で別語なので混同しない。
Remember the contrast: strategy is the big plan, but tactics are the small actions on the ground. You often hear sports tactics, military tactics, and sales tactics, so the word travels across many fields. Also learn tactical with it. Do not mix it up with tact, which is about social skill.
例文
The general discussed tactics with his officers before the battle.
将軍は戦闘前に士官たちと戦術について議論しました。
Different tactics were employed in various phases of the campaign.
キャンペーンのさまざまな段階で異なる戦術が採用されました。
The team's defensive tactics proved effective against their rivals.
チームの防御的な戦術はライバルに対して効果的であることが証明されました。
tactics の類義語・関連語
tactics の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 taktikē（tastikē technē「配置の術」）が語源で、tassein「整列させる」に由来。軍隊の配置・陣形を組む技術が原義。関連語の syntax（構文＝共に配置する）や taxonomy（分類学）も「整える・配置する」という共通概念を持つ。
"Tactics" comes from Greek "taktike (techne)," meaning the art of arranging or drawing up forces. It is related to the Greek verb "tassein," meaning "to arrange" or "put in order." The word first referred to the ordered placement of soldiers, then later came to mean planned methods for reaching a result. Related English words like "syntax" and "taxonomy" share the same idea of arranging things.
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