企てる【くわだてる】
Frequency rank: 17,436. – 17,502.
- to plan; to plot; to propose; to design; to intend; to contemplate
- to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business)
- to stand on tip-toesarchaism
Ichidan verb; transitive verb
Forms
- 企てる【くわだてる】Frequency rank: 17,436. – 17,502.
- くわだてる
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An investors' group is attempting a leveraged buy-out of the firm.
There is a rumor that the radicals are plotting against the government.
Today is the fatal day that they will attempt their escape.