No. 9,666 in Korean
계획조차
"Even a plan" or "not even a plan".
In a sentence
나는 계획조차 시작하지 않았다.
I haven't even started the plan.
Here, '계획조차' emphasizes that not even the plan, often regarded as the initial step, has been started.
그는 여행 갈 계획조차 가지고 있지 않다.
He doesn't even have plans to go on a trip.
In this context, '계획조차' focuses on the absence of a plan related to going on a trip, highlighting it as something so fundamental that its absence is noteworthy.
우리는 방 청소할 계획조차 없었다.
We didn't even have plans to clean the room.
Here, '계획조차' is used to emphasize that cleaning the room was not under consideration, not even at the level of making a plan.
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