企て|くわだてkuwadate[4]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounplan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
   私達わたしたちは彼かれの大胆だいたんな企くわだてに舌したを巻まいた。↗

   We marveled at his bold attempt.

• Synonym企みたくらみNeutralSecret scheming or plotting, usually with a bad aim (「悪い企み」), though 「楽しい企み」 is possible; 「企て」 is the more formal word.
• Synonym企図きとWrittenWritten/formal prose for intending or setting out to do something (「再建を企図する」); more formal than 「企て」 and not necessarily sinister.
• Synonym画策かくさくWrittenBehind-the-scenes maneuvering, usually for a bad end (「裏で画策する」); 「企て」 does not stress secrecy.
• SynonymプランNeutralLoanword for an everyday plan, at home in speech, and also a package or deal; neutral, with no hint of a scheme.
• Synonym陰謀いんぼうWrittenA secret plot for evil ends (「陰謀論」, 「陰謀を企てる」); far more strongly pejorative than 「企て」.
• Synonym策さくWrittenA measure or countermeasure (「策を練る」); leans to means of solving a problem and need not be a conspiracy.
• Synonym策謀さくぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose for scheming, pejorative and uncommon; close to 「策略」, which is the everyday choice.
• Synonym試みこころみNeutralAn attempt, good or bad (「新しい試み」), centred on actually trying something; 「企て」 centres on planning it beforehand.
• Synonym目論見もくろみWrittenA plan held in one's mind, often a fond calculation that can fall through (「目論見が外れる」); leans to personal expectation, while 「企て」 is a plan meant for action.
• Related謀はかりごとWrittenA stratagem, with an old-fashioned air (「謀をめぐらす」); heavier than 「企て」 on outcalculating an opponent to win.
• Related計画けいかくNeutralThe all-purpose word for a plan (「旅行の計画」), with no hint of scheming; 「企て」 is more written and can suggest a plot.
• Related構想こうそうWrittenAn overall vision or blueprint (「都市構想」), still at the conception stage; with none of the sinister shade 「企て」 can carry.
• Related謀略ぼうりゃくWrittenA stratagem aimed at trapping or harming people, strongly pejorative (「謀略にはまる」); much harsher than 「企て」.
• Related戦略せんりゃくNeutralStrategy for reaching a goal (「経営戦略」); broad, long-term and neutral, with no suggestion of wrongdoing.
• Related計けいWrittenPlan or stratagem, now mostly in set phrases like 「一年の計は元旦にあり」 and rarely alone; it can also mean a total.
• Related共謀きょうぼうWrittenPlotting something bad together with others, a legal-flavoured term (「共謀罪」); stresses collusion by several people.
• Related謀議ぼうぎWrittenConspiratorial consultation, chiefly legal usage (「共同謀議」); stresses the talking-over, while 「企て」 is the plan itself.
• Related策略さくりゃくWrittenTrickery aimed at outwitting someone (「策略にはまる」); names the means, while 「企て」 names the plan itself.
• Related予定よていNeutralA set schedule or arrangement (「明日の予定」); mere arrangements, with no sense of scheming or attempting.
• Related立案りつあんWrittenDrafting or drawing up a plan (「計画を立案する」); an administrative, business-process action, not the plan itself.
• Related計略けいりゃくWrittenA trick or trap worked on someone (「計略にかかる」); centres on deceiving people, while 「企て」 is about intending to act.
• RelatedスキームNeutralLoanword for a scheme with a set framework, common in business and finance (「事業スキーム」); no negative shade.
• Related術策じゅっさくWrittenWritten/formal prose for crafty tricks of influence (「術策を弄する」); stresses cunning means and is rarely used.
• Related方略ほうりゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose for the methods and means of reaching an aim; rare and methodological in tone, with no bad shade.

For an ordinary plan say 「計画」 or, in speech, 「プラン」; 「予定」 covers fixed arrangements and 「試み」 an actual attempt. Use 「企て」 in written or formal prose for a design or undertaking, from 「新しい企て」 to 「謀反の企て」. For secret scheming pick 「企み」; for outright evil plots 「陰謀」; for tricks played on someone 「計略」 or 「策略」; for behind-the-scenes maneuvering 「画策」. 「構想」 is a broad vision, 「戦略」 long-term strategy, and 「企図」 a formal statement of intent. Most of the rest are rare written words for stratagems and conspiracies.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 企くわだてること。またその事柄ことがら。計画けいかく。
2. 「くわだてる」の未然形みぜんけい。
3. 「くわだてる」の連用形れんようけい。