企くわだてる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

plan; plot; scheme

Used for planning or devising something, often with a sense of careful preparation or secret intention. Can be neutral or negative depending on context.

• 彼かれらは新あたらしい事じ業ぎょうを企くわだてている。

  They are planning a new business venture.

• 敵てきは攻こう撃げきを企くわだてているらしい。

  It seems the enemy is plotting an attack.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

attempt; undertake

Used for attempting a specific act, especially something serious or risky like suicide, murder, or a large project. Often implies a deliberate, conscious effort.

• 彼かれは自じ殺さつを企くわだてたが、未み遂すいに終おわった。

  He attempted suicide, but it ended in failure.

• 会かい社しゃは海かい外がい進しん出しゅつを企くわだてている。

  The company is undertaking an overseas expansion.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

stand on tiptoe

Archaic meaning; not used in modern Japanese. The modern equivalent is つまだつ or 背伸びする.

• 古こ文ぶんでは「くわだてる」が背せ伸のびする意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In classical texts, くわだてる can be used to mean standing on tiptoe.