仕掛け

しかけ

仕掛

[shikake]

Meanings

1.Noun

device; contrivance; mechanism; gadget

2.Noun

trick; trap; calculated manipulation; gambit

3.Noun

(small) scale; half finished

4.Noun

commencement; initiation

5.Noun

set up; laying out; preparation

6.Noun

challenge; attack

この箱には秘密の仕掛けが隠されている。

A secret mechanism is hidden inside this box.

犯人の巧妙な仕掛けを刑事が見抜いた。

The detective saw through the criminal's clever trick.

舞台の仕掛けが観客を驚かせる演出だった。

The stage mechanism was a production that surprised the audience.