企てる

• 読み: くわだてる
• ローマ字: kuwadateru
• 漢字の分解: 企 (ki/kuwada) — plan, scheme, undertake
• 発音: /kɯ.wa.da.te.ɾɯ/

意味

To plan; to plot; to scheme; to devise. Often implies planning something ambitious or secretive.

A Group 2 (ichidan) transitive verb that carries a nuance of deliberate, sometimes covert planning. While it can be neutral (planning an event), it frequently appears in contexts involving conspiracies, schemes, or bold undertakings. The noun form 企て means a plot or scheme.

例文

1. 彼らは会社の乗っ取りを企てていた。
2. 大規模なイベントを企てるには準備が必要だ。
3. 脱走を企てた囚人が捕まった。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, fiction, business

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From 企 (to plan, to scheme), which depicts a person (人) standing on tiptoe (止) to look ahead — the image of someone straining to see what lies ahead, thus planning for the future.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal