Last Updated :2026/01/06

んとする

Phrase
archaic
Japanese Meaning
~しようとする / ~しようと努める / ~するところだ(古風・文語的表現)
Easy Japanese Meaning
なにかをしようとすること、またはいまにもそうなりそうなようすをあらわすこと
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
试图(做某事) / 正要(做某事) / 打算(做某事)
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
(古)試圖(做某事) / (古)正要、將要(做某事)
Korean Meaning
(고어) ~하려고 하다 / (고어) 막 ~하려 하다
Vietnamese Meaning
cố gắng (làm gì) / định (làm gì) / sắp sửa (làm gì)
Tagalog Meaning
sumubok na gawin / magtatangkang gawin / malapit nang gawin
What is this buttons?

He made an attempt to force the gate open, yet it did not move an inch.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

他试图推开门,但门纹丝不动。

Chinese (Traditional) Translation

他試圖推開門,但門紋絲不動。

Korean Translation

그는 문을 밀어 열려고 했지만, 꼼짝도 하지 않았다.

Vietnamese Translation

Anh ta cố đẩy cánh cổng để mở, nhưng nó không hề nhúc nhích.

Tagalog Translation

Sinubukan niyang itulak ang tarangkahan para buksan ito, ngunit hindi ito man lang gumalaw.

What is this buttons?
Sense(1)

(archaic) to try to

Sense(2)

(archaic) to be about to

romanization

table-tags

inflection-template

imperfective stem

imperfective

continuative stem

continuative

stem terminative

terminative

attributive stem

attributive

hypothetical stem

hypothetical

imperative literary stem

colloquial imperative stem

imperative literary

colloquial imperative

passive

passive

causative

causative

causative

causative

potential

potential

volitional

volitional

negative

negative

continuative negative

continuative negative

formal

formal

perfective

perfective

conjunctive

conjunctive

conditional hypothetical

conditional hypothetical

Quizzes for review

(archaic) to try to / (archaic) to be about to

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んとする

彼は門を押し開けんとするが、びくともしなかった。

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He made an attempt to force the gate open, yet it did not move an inch.

He made an attempt to force the gate open, yet it did not move an inch.

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彼は門を押し開けんとするが、びくともしなかった。

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