Technique

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 若 (Young), less common than 防 (Prevent).

You go (行) through a drop (丶) of knowledge in a book (术) — mastering the technique requires going through every drop of ink in the manual.

In words

技術ぎじゅつ art,technology,skillN4

手術しゅじゅつ surgical operationN3

芸術げいじゅつ (fine) art,the artsN3

術 is rank 358 of 2,608 in published Japanese.