配

Meaning

配 centers on dividing something among recipients: handing out, rationing, or assigning. The spouse and exile senses are specific applications of this idea—a spouse is a partner assigned by marriage, and exile is being sent away to a distant place.

• 心配しんぱい
  N5

  worry; concern; anxiety; uneasiness; fear

• 配信はいしん
  N1

  distribution (of information, news, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming (over the Internet)

• 支配しはい
  N3

  rule; domination; control

• 配置はいち
  N2

  arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration; layout

• 配布はいふ
  N2

  distribution

• 配慮はいりょ
  N2

  consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care; trouble

• 配るくばる
  N3

  to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to deal out; to serve out

• 配達はいたつ
  N3

  delivery

• 気配けはい
  N2

  indication; sign; hint; sensation; feeling

• 手配てはい
  N2

  arrangement; preparations

• 宅配たくはい

  home delivery

• 分配ぶんぱい
  N1

  division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation

• 配送はいそう

  delivery

• 配備はいび

  deployment; disposition; posting; stationing

• 配列はいれつ
  N1

  arranging; ordering; sequencing; lining up; laying out

• 配線はいせん

  wiring

• 配分はいぶん
  N1

  distribution; allotment

• 配合はいごう

  combination; arrangement; distribution; harmony; mixture; compounding

• 配属はいぞく
  N1

  assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

• 支配人しはいにん

  manager; executive

• 配当はいとう
  N1

  allotment; apportionment; share

• 配管はいかん

  plumbing; piping

• 配給はいきゅう
  N1

  distribution (e.g. films, rice)

• 年配ねんぱい
  N1

  (approximate) age; years

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