Etymology

keikaku

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Today it means: A plan, particularly a devious or complicated one. Full definition →

Japanese 計画
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from計画“plan”
  2. English todaykeikaku

Borrowed from Japanese 計画 (keikaku, “plan”), in reference to a meme parodying overly literal fansubs in which a line from Death Note is rendered as "Just according to keikaku. (Translator's note: keikaku means plan)".

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