| 機軸 | [きじく, kijiku] (n) axis; axle; plan; contrivance |
| 一工夫 | [ひとくふう, hitokufuu] (n,vs) (1) contrivance; bit of fiddling; little ingenuity; (n) (2) bit more (e.g. food) |
| 仕掛け(P);仕掛 | [しかけ, shikake] (n) device; contrivance; trick; mechanism; gadget; (small) scale; half finished; commencement; set up; challenge; attack; (P) |
| 仕組み(P);仕組 | [しくみ, shikumi] (n,vs) (1) structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; (2) plan; plot; contrivance; (P) |
| 工面 | [くめん, kumen] (n,vs) contrivance; raising (money) |
| 案出 | [あんしゅつ, anshutsu] (n) (1) contrivance; (vs) (2) to invent; to devise; to think out |
| 機巧 | [きこう, kikou] (n) trick; contrivance; cleverness |
| 水機関;水絡繰り;水絡繰(io) | [みずからくり, mizukarakuri] (n) puppet powered by (falling) water; water-powered contrivance; show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka) |
| 絡繰り;絡繰(io);機関 | [からくり, karakuri] (n) (1) (uk) mechanism; machinery; contrivance; device; (2) (uk) trick; dodge; (3) (uk) (abbr) (See からくり人形) mechanical doll; string puppet |