企図

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 企図, read きと, and it combines 企, meaning devise, with 図, meaning plan or attempt.
• Basic usage: The basic sense of 企図 is an intention aimed at achieving a result or the plan formed to put that intention into effect.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Purpose behind an action rather than a mere schedule
  • Both examples use the form 企図. It focuses on what a work, policy, or improvement project aims to accomplish rather than simply listing its steps or timing.
• An author's creative intention and a walkability plan
  • 作者の企図を考えながら最後の章を読みました。 — I read the final chapter while considering the author's intention.
  • 町を歩きやすくしようという企図のもとで道が整備されました。 — The roads were improved under a plan to make the town easier to walk through.