図る
はかる · hakaru
To plan, to attempt, to devise
- to plot, to conspire, to scheme
- to aim for, to strive for, to work towards, to seek
- to deceive, to trick, to take in
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 図りますはかります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 図りませんはかりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 図りましたはかりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 図りませんでしたはかりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 図りましょうはかりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 図りはかり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 図りたいはかりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 図りながらはかりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 図ってはかって |
| Plain past (た形) | 図ったはかった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 図ったらはかったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 図っているはかっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 図らないはからない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 図らなかったはからなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 図らなくてはからなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 図れるはかれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 図ればはかれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 図れはかれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 図ろうはかろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 図られるはかられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 図らせるはからせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 図らされるはからされる |
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What does 図る mean?
To plan, to attempt, to devise. It can also mean: to plot, to conspire, to scheme; to aim for, to strive for, to work towards, to seek; to deceive, to trick, to take in.
How do you pronounce 図る?
はかる (hakaru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 図る?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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