企てる|くわだてるkuwadateru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto plan; to plot; to propose; to design; to intend; to contemplate
   きょうこそは彼かれらが脱走だっそうを企くわだてる運命うんめいの日ひだ。↗

   Today is the fatal day that they will attempt their escape.
2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business)
3. ichidan verb, transitive verbto stand on tip-toes

• Synonym画策かくさくWrittenWritten. Schemes behind the scenes and works covertly, usually with a bad nuance, as in 「裏で画策する」; 「企てる」 can also be used for legitimate undertakings.
• SynonymたくらむNeutralPlots something bad in secret; carries a more openly sinister nuance than 「企てる」, as in 「何か企んでいる」.
• Synonym企図きとWrittenWritten. A Sino-Japanese noun that also takes 「する」; plans something with intent, common in papers and reports, stiffer than 「企てる」.
• Synonym策謀さくぼうWrittenWritten. Power plays and intrigue, with a conspiratorial shade; mostly a noun, while 「企てる」 is a verb and not necessarily negative.
• Synonym仕組むしくむNeutralSets things up in advance so events unfold as intended, as in 「仕組まれた罠」; 「企てる」 stresses launching a plan in the first place.
• Synonym図るはかるNeutralStrives to bring a goal about, as in 「解決を図る」 or 「自殺を図る」; 「企てる」 stresses drafting and launching the plan itself.
• Synonym目論むもくろむWrittenWritten. Weighing how to attain a goal, as in 「一攫千金を目論む」; 「企てる」 leans toward drawing up a plan and moving to carry it out.
• SynonymたばかるWrittenOld-fashioned and rare. Tricks or deceives people, as in 「まんまと謀られた」; 「企てる」 carries no nuance of deception.
• Synonym策するさくするWrittenWritten and rare. Devises stratagems, with a stiff, bookish tone; in everyday speech say 「企てる」 or 「計画する」.
• Related企画きかくNeutralDraws up plans for projects or events, as in 「企画書」; neutral with a business flavor. 「企てる」 can also cover wrongdoing such as rebellion.
• Related意図いとWrittenWritten. The aim or purpose one has in mind, as in 「発言の意図」; no concrete plotting or action involved.
• Related計画けいかくNeutralThe everyday word. Arranges methods and steps in advance, with a neutral tone; 「企てる」 is more written and often used for big undertakings or wrongdoing.
• Related構想こうそうWrittenWritten. Envisions the overall framework and steps of a project, as in 「都市構想」; 「企てる」 leans toward concrete plotting to put a plan into action.
• Related心づもりこころづもりCasualColloquial. A mental reckoning made in advance, as in 「心づもりをしておく」; no sense of plotting or carrying anything out.
• RelatedたくむWrittenWritten and rare. Devises with ingenuity, and can also mean plotting in secret; in everyday speech say 「企む」 or 「工夫する」.
• Antonym諦めるあきらめるNeutralAntonym. Gives up and abandons the idea, as in 「夢を諦める」 — the opposite of 「企てる」, which sets out to do something.
• Antonym断念するWrittenWritten antonym. Resolutely abandons an original intention, as in 「進学を断念する」 — the opposite of 「企てる」, which plans to act.

Use 「企てる」 for drawing up a plan or setting an undertaking in motion — the object can be good or bad, as in 「謀反を企てる」 or 「新事業を企てる」. For everyday planning say 「計画する」; for secretly plotting something bad, 「企む」. Among the written words, 「画策」 schemes behind the scenes, 「目論む」 aims at a goal, 「企図」 is stiff prose, and 「構想」 is a broad vision; 「意図」 names an aim, 「心づもり」 a private mental reckoning, 「企画」 business projects, 「図る」 striving for an end, 「仕組む」 rigging how things unfold. Antonyms 「諦める」 and 「断念する」 mean giving up.

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

1. 計画けいかくを立たてる、またはそれを実行じっこうしようとする。