構

Meaning

構 centers on putting parts together into a deliberate arrangement: building a structure, setting up a framework, or adopting a particular posture or stance. The appearance sense follows naturally from how something is built or presented.

• 結構けっこう
  N5

  splendid; nice; wonderful; delightful; lovely; excellent; fine

• 構造こうぞう
  N2

  structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

• 構成こうせい
  N3

  composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization; organisation

• 構うかまう
  N3

  to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for

• 構築こうちく

  construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation; architecture (systems, agreement, etc.)

• 機構きこう
  N1

  mechanism; machinery

• 構想こうそう
  N1

  plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

• 構えかまえ
  N1

  structure; construction; appearance

• 構図こうず

  composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement

• 構内こうない

  premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts

• 構えるかまえる
  N1

  to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain

• 心構えこころがまえ
  N2

  preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

• 虚構きょこう
  N1

  fiction; fabrication; concoction

• お構いおかまい

  entertainment; hospitality

• 構文こうぶん

  sentence structure; grammatical construction

• 遺構いこう

  (archaeological) remains; remnants (of ancient structures); ancient foundation

• 身構えみがまえ

  posture; attitude

• 国構えくにがまえ

  kanji "box" or "country" radical (radical 31); radical consisting of an enclosing box

• 待ち構えるまちかまえる
  N1

  to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

• 面構えつらがまえ

  (facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look

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