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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

企くわだてる

kuwadateru

to plot, to plan

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは金儲かねもうけばかりを企くわだてている。
She is always thinking of moneymaking schemes.
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彼かれは試験しけんで不正行為ふせいこういをしようと企くわだてていた。
He contrived to cheat in the examination.
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その過激派かげきはが政府打倒せいふだとうの陰謀いんぼうを企くわだてているという噂うわさが立たってる。
There is a rumor that the radicals are plotting against the government.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 企

企undertake; schemeOnキKunくわだてる・たくらむ

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