プランpuran
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- nounplan; scheme
- noun(payment) plan; package; deal; offer
- Synonym企画きかくNeutralPlanning or organizing a project, as in 「企画書」 or 「イベントを企画する」; mostly a workplace word. 「プラン」 also covers packages and payment plans.
- Synonym計画けいかくNeutralThe most general word for a plan, as in 「旅行の計画」; can also be used as a verb. 「プラン」 also covers packages and deals.
- Synonym構想こうそうWrittenAn overall vision or conception, as in 「都市構想」; stresses the broad framework and leans written/formal. 「プラン」 is more a concrete, workable plan.
- Synonym設計せっけいNeutralDesign, as in 「建築設計」 or 「人生設計」; centers on concrete structure and detailed schemes. 「プラン」 is a general word for a plan.
- Synonym策さくWrittenA measure or stratagem, as in 「策を練る」; stresses ways of solving a problem; written/formal prose. 「プラン」 is an ordinary plan.
- Synonym企てくわだてWrittenAn undertaking or scheme, often with a negative shade, as in 「暗殺の企て」; leans written/formal. 「プラン」 is a neutral word for a plan.
- Synonym企図きとWrittenWritten/formal prose for an attempt or design, as in 「〜を企図する」; mostly in papers and official documents. In everyday speech say 「計画」.
- Synonym案あんNeutralA proposal or draft, as in 「案を出す」 or 「改正案」; often a draft or bill for discussion. 「プラン」 usually means an overall plan or a package.
- SynonymプログラムNeutralA loanword for a program of events, a schedule, or a computer program, as in 「研修プログラム」. 「プラン」 focuses on the plan or scheme itself.
- Synonym目論見もくろみWrittenA plan one works out in one's mind, as in 「目論見どおり」 or 「目論見が外れる」; written/formal prose. 「プラン」 is a neutral word for a plan.
- Synonym腹づもりはらづもりCasualColloquial for an intention you settle on in your mind beforehand, as in 「〜する腹づもりだ」. 「プラン」 usually means a concrete, worked-out plan.
- Related立案りつあんWrittenWritten/formal prose for drafting or drawing up a plan, as in 「政策を立案する」; stresses the act of formulating it. 「プラン」 is the plan itself.
- Antonym実績じっせきNeutralActual results or achievements, as in 「実績を上げる」; stands opposite to a 「プラン」, which is made in advance.
Use 「プラン」 for everyday plans and packages, 「計画」 as the most general word, 「企画」 for workplace planning, 「案」 for proposals and drafts, 「構想」 for an overall vision, and 「腹づもり」 for a private intention; 「実績」 is the opposite — actual results.
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