企たくらみ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to a secret plan, often with a negative or underhanded connotation. Used for schemes, intrigues, or conspiracies.

〈人ひと〉の企たくらみを見み抜ぬくto see through someone's scheme
彼かの女じょは彼かれの企たくらみをすぐに見み抜ぬいた。
She quickly saw through his scheme.
企たくらみが露ろ見けんするfor a scheme to come to light / be exposed
会かい社しゃを乗のっ取とる企たくらみが露ろ見けんした。
The scheme to take over the company was exposed.
〈人ひと〉の企たくらみに気きづくto notice someone's scheme
彼かれらは彼かの女じょの企たくらみに気きづかなかった。
They didn't notice her scheme.
企たくらみを阻そ止しするto foil a scheme
警けい察さつは犯はん人にんの企たくらみを阻そ止しした。
The police foiled the criminal's scheme.

陰いん謀ぼう
陰謀 is a more formal, often political term for a conspiracy, while 企み can refer to smaller, personal schemes as well.
策さく略りゃくN1
策略 is a tactic or strategy that can be neutral or even praiseworthy, whereas 企み almost always implies a hidden, dishonest intention.
魂こん胆たん
魂胆 stresses the secret, ulterior motive behind an act, while 企み focuses more on the plan or scheme itself.
計けい略りゃく
計略 is a devised stratagem used to achieve a goal, often in strategy or warfare, while 企み carries a stronger sense of underhandedness.

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目論見もくろみN1
企み clearly means a plot or conspiracy with negative intent, whereas 目論見 can be neutral or merely calculating rather than outright malicious.
下した心ごころN1
企み is a more deliberate plot or scheme that can be harmful, while 下心 is a broader term for any hidden, self-serving intention, not necessarily a full plan.

企くわだて
企て (from the same verb 企てる) is a more neutral word for a plan or undertaking, while 企み specifically implies a secretive, often malicious scheme.

The nominalized form of the verb 企てる (くわだてる), meaning 'to plan' or 'to scheme'. The kanji 企 means 'plan' or 'undertake'.