Illustration: Behind a kitchen doorway, two siblings secretly prepare to take a reserved strawberry cake from a high counter. One holds a toy spider toward the adjoining room where their father is washing dishes, while the other tests long cooking chopsticks against the distance to the cake.

たくらむ

takuramu

to scheme, to plot

Usually implies a secret or dishonest plan. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは何なにを企たくらんでいるんだ。
What is he up to?
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彼かれは脱税だつぜいしようとたくらんだ。
He schemed to evade tax.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
何なにか企たくらんでいるでしょ。違ちがう？
You’re planning something, aren’t you?
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