仕組み

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 仕組(しく)む (shikumu), from 仕(し) (shi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb する (“to do”)) + 組(く)む (kumu, “to assemble”)

• (Tokyo) しくみ [shìkúmí] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕi̥kɯ̟mʲi]

仕(し)組(く)み • (shikumi) 

1. construction, structure

   経(けい)済(ざい)学(がく)は経(けい)済(ざい)の仕(し)組(く)みを研(けん)究(きゅう)する学(がく)問(もん)である

   keizaigaku wa keizai no shikumi o kenkyū suru gakumon de aru

   Economics is the study of economic mechanisms

2. arrangement, contrivance

   私(わたし)はこの仕(し)組(く)みを知(し)りませんが担(たん)当(とう)者(しゃ)が説(せつ)明(めい)するでしょう

   watashi wa kono shikumi o shirimasen ga tantōsha ga setsumei suru deshō

   I don't know this system, but the man in charge will explain

3. plan, plot, contrivance, mechanism

   省(しょう)エネルギー、省(しょう)資(し)源(げん)型(かた)の生(せい)活(かつ)を送(おく)る仕(し)組(く)みが必(ひつ)要(よう)となる

   shōenerugī, shōshigen-kata no seikatsu o okuru shikumi ga hitsuyō to naru

   Mechanisms for energy- and resource-saving lifestyles are needed.

• 仕組(しく)む (shikumu)