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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

目論もくろむ

mokuromu

to plan, to intend

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはパリへ行いこうと目論もくろんでいた。

    He contemplated taking a trip to Paris.

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  2. トムが何なにを目論もくろんでいるのか分わからない。

    I don’t know what Tom is planning to do.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 日本にっぽんは清国しんこくとともに朝鮮半島ちょうせんはんとうの政治改革せいじかいかくを目論もくろんだ。

    Japan planned a political reform in the Korean Peninsula, together with Qing.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 目論

  • 目eyeOnモク・ボクKunめ・ま-
  • 論argument; discourseOnロンKunあげつらう

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