企む
たくらむ · takuramu
To scheme, to plan, to play a trick, to invent, to conspire, to frame up
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falls after mora 3 · what is pitch accent?
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 企みますたくらみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 企みませんたくらみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 企みましたたくらみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 企みませんでしたたくらみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 企みましょうたくらみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 企みたくらみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 企みたいたくらみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 企みながらたくらみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 企んでたくらんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 企んだたくらんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 企んだらたくらんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 企んでいるたくらんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 企まないたくらまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 企まなかったたくらまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 企まなくてたくらまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 企めるたくらめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 企めばたくらめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 企めたくらめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 企もうたくらもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 企まれるたくらまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 企ませるたくらませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 企まされるたくらまされる |
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What does 企む mean?
To scheme, to plan, to play a trick, to invent, to conspire, to frame up.
How do you pronounce 企む?
たくらむ (takuramu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
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