計画

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 夏休みの計画を立てています。▶ —
   I am making plans for the summer vacation.
2. その計画はうまくいきました。▶ —
   That plan went well.

Collocations

Mnemonic

計画 keikaku — 計 (to count, to plan) + 画 (to draw, to mark out). 計 is reckoning, 画 originally meant marking out with lines — reckoning and drawing up a course — a plan. A suru-verb. 計画を立てる (to make a plan) is the set phrase, pairing with 立てる.

Quick check

1. Which phrase means "to make a plan"?

   • 計画を立てる (to set up)
   • 計画を作る (to make)
   • 計画を置く (to place)
   • 計画を開ける (to open)