設もうける

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

provide; prepare; arrange

Often used for formally arranging or providing a place, time, seat, opportunity, or occasion. More formal and written-sounding than simple 用意する or 作る.

会かい議ぎの最さい後ごに質しつ問もんの時じ間かんを設もうけます。
We will provide time for questions at the end of the meeting.

市しは住じゅう民みんの意い見けんを聞きく機き会かいを設もうけた。

The city arranged an opportunity to hear residents' opinions.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

set up; establish; lay down

Used for establishing organizations, systems, counters, rules, conditions, penalties, and similar formal arrangements.

会かい社しゃは新あたらしい部ぶ署しょを設もうけた。
The company set up a new department.
この規き則そくには罰ばっ則そくが設もうけられている。
Penalties are laid down in these rules.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

make an excuse; create a pretext

A construction-specific extension, especially in 口実を設ける: to create or furnish a pretext for doing or avoiding something.

彼かれは会かい議ぎを欠けっ席せきする口こう実じつを設もうけた。
He created an excuse to miss the meeting.

Written forms

設もうけるUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for arranging, providing, or establishing something. Do not confuse it with the homophone 儲ける, meaning to make a profit.
もうけるUsage1%

Kanji

設establishment, provision, prepare

Similar words

用よう意いする
Means to prepare something in a broad everyday sense; 設ける is more formal and often means arranging or providing a time, place, opportunity, or system.
設せつ立りつする
Used specifically for founding an organization, company, institution, or similar body; 設ける is broader and can also apply to rules, opportunities, counters, and excuses.
儲もうける
A homophone with different kanji and meaning: 儲ける means to make a profit, while 設ける means to provide or establish.

Etymology

The historical derivation of もうける is uncertain here. The kanji 設 is conventionally associated with setting up, arranging, or providing, matching the modern meanings of 設ける.