[/ noun]the [use] of [trickery] to [achieve] a [political], [financial], or [legal] [purpose]:｟かたい書｠ (政治･財政･法律上の)ごまかし, 謀略, 詐欺; 口車[/ e.g.] an underhanded person who schemes corruption and political chicanery behind closed doors.

[/ verb] [/ formal] or [/ [technical]]1. [/ with object] [stop], [close up], or [obstruct] (an [opening], [orifice], or [passage]):｟かたく｠ 〈通路･毛穴など〉をふさぐ[/ e.g.] thick makeup can occlude the pores.[shut] (something) in:

[/ noun]a [newly] [coined] [word] or [expression].新語, 新造語; 新語義the [coining] or [use] of [new] [word]s.[** DERIVATIVES]

(also [malapropism])[/ noun]the [mistaken] [use] of a [word] in place of a [similar-sounding] one, often with [unintentionally] amusing [effect], as in, for example, “dance a flamingo” (instead of flamenco).

[/ noun]1. [reckless] [extravagance] or [wastefulness] in the [use] of [resource]s:｟かたく｠ 浪費([wastefulness])[/ e.g.] the government returned to fiscal profligacy[/ e.g.] [/ count noun] : his financial prudence corrected the profligacies of Nero.

[/ adjective][very] [old] or [old-fashioned]:古風な, 旧式の, 時代遅れの〈考えなど〉[/ e.g.] prisons are run on archaic methods.(of a [word] or a [style] of [language]) [no longer] in [everyday] [use] but sometimes used to [impart] an [old-fashioned] [flavor].