Refers to a plan, scheme, or arrangement. Often used in compounds like 計画 (plan) or 計略 (stratagem). As a standalone noun, it can mean a plan or design, but is more common in compound words.
His plan ended in failure.
この計は長期的な視点で立てられた。
This plan was made with a long-term perspective.
meter; gauge; measuring device
Used as a suffix to indicate a measuring instrument or meter, e.g., 温度計 (thermometer), 速度計 (speedometer). Also used as a standalone noun for a measuring device.
温度計で室温を測った。
I measured the room temperature with a thermometer.
この計は非常に精密だ。
This gauge is very precise.
Prefix meaning 'total' or 'in total'. Used in words like 計数 (total count) or 計量 (measurement/weighing). Not freely productive; mostly appears in established compounds.
計10名が参加した。
A total of ten people participated.
計量カップで小麦粉を量る。
Measure the flour with a measuring cup.
He secretly devised a scheme.
There were a total of 50 participants.
clock; watch; timepiece
sum total; total amount
extra; more than needed; excessive · unnecessary; uncalled-for; unwanted · all the more; even more
statistics; statistical data · compile statistics; tabulate statistically
accounting; accounts; financial reckoning · bill; check; amount due · accountant; treasurer; cashier · payment; settling a bill; checkout · economic condition; financial state
cumulative total; running total
total; aggregate; tally; sum up
measurement; measuring
household finances; family budget
include in a total; record as an expense/revenue; appropriate; book
livelihood; living
estimate; estimation
measuring; weighing · metric; distance function
total; sum total; total amount
meter; gauge; measuring instrument
plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot
thermometer; clinical thermometer
overhasty; rash; premature
counting; calculation; dealing with figures · cardinality
paymaster; accountant
deceptive plan; trick; scheme
clocking; timing; time measurement
bathroom scale; weighing scale
thermometer
thermometer
hygrometer; hygrograph
blood pressure monitor; sphygmomanometer