企む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
企
たくら
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

企(たくら)む • (takuramu) transitive godan (stem 企(たくら)み (takurami), past 企(たくら)んだ (takuranda))

  1. to plan, to scheme, to conspire
    彼(かれ)は友人(ゆうじん)に内緒(ないしょ)で、こっそりと悪事(わるごと)を企(たくら)んでいる。
    Kare wa yūjin ni naisho de, kossorito warugoto o takurandeiru.
    He is secretly planning misdeeds without his friends knowing.
    彼(かれ)らは競争相手(きょうそうあいて)に対(たい)して、何(なに)かを企(たくら)んでいるようだ。
    Karera wa kyōsōaite ni taishite, nanika o takurandeiru yō da.
    They seem to be plotting something against their competitors.
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      彼(かれ)は何(なに)か企(たくら)んでいるようだ
      kare wa nanika takurande iru yō da
      It seems like he is scheming something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "企む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 企ま たくらま takurama
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 企み たくらみ takurami
Shūshikei ("terminal") 企む たくらむ takuramu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 企む たくらむ takuramu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 企め たくらめ takurame
Meireikei ("imperative") 企め たくらめ takurame
Key constructions
Passive 企まれる たくらまれる takuramareru
Causative 企ませる
企ます 		たくらませる
たくらます 		takuramaseru
takuramasu
Potential 企める たくらめる takurameru
Volitional 企もう たくらもう takuramō
Negative 企まない たくらまない takuramanai
Negative continuative 企まず たくらまず takuramazu
Formal 企みます たくらみます takuramimasu
Perfective 企んだ たくらんだ takuranda
Conjunctive 企んで たくらんで takurande
Hypothetical conditional 企めば たくらめば takurameba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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