(n) the act that results in something coming to be, Syn. making, fashioning, Example:the devising of plans; the fashioning of pots and pans; the making of measurements; it was already in the making
[いしょうさんたん, ishousantan] (n) taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something