企き及きゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

attempt; try to reach

Literary and rare; used for striving to attain a goal or standard. Often appears in formal or classical contexts.

• 彼かれは高たかみを企き及きゅうすることを諦あきらめなかった。

  He never gave up trying to reach greater heights.

• 企き及きゅうしがたい理り想そうではあるが、それでも追おい求もとめる価か値ちはある。

  It is an ideal that is hard to attain, but still worth pursuing.