構かまえ

〈人ひと〉が構かまえを取とるto take up a stance (esp. in martial arts)
剣けん道どうの選せん手しゅが構かまえを取とった。
The kendo athlete took up his stance.
構かまえができているto be fully prepared or ready
いつでも出しゅっ発ぱつできる構かまえができている。
We are fully prepared to leave at any moment.
〈形けい容よう詞し〉構かまえを見みせるto show a certain stance or attitude
政せい府ふは強つよ気きの構かまえを見みせた。
The government showed a firm stance.
〈形けい容よう詞し〉構かまえの家いえa house with a certain structure or appearance
立りっ派ぱな構かまえの家いえが並ならんでいる。
Houses with impressive facades line the street.
構かまえを崩くずすto break one's stance or guard
相あい手ての構かまえを崩くずして攻こう撃げきした。
He broke his opponent's stance and attacked.

Expressions

斜しゃに構かまえるcouch a sword; hold a sword diagonally · take a cynical stance; look at things ironically; be on guard · stand ready; adopt a formal attitude
銃じゅうを構かまえてready with a rifle leveled
音おと無なしの構かまえmaking no sound; staying quiet · lying low; keeping quiet and waiting for a chance

姿し勢せいN3sense 2
構え often implies a ready or defensive stance, while 姿勢 refers more broadly to physical posture or bearing.
準じゅん備びN5sense 3
準備 is general preparation for an event, whereas 構え emphasizes the mental readiness or attitude behind it.
作つくりN1sense 1
造り describes how something is built or made, while 構え focuses on the overall layout or appearance of a building.
態たい勢せいN1sense 3
態勢 refers to an organizational or situational stance, while 構え can also describe a personal mental readiness.
体たい勢せい
構え is the ready stance one takes before an action (e.g. in martial arts), whereas 体勢 more broadly describes the body's current position or balance at any moment.

構こう造ぞうN2sense 1
構造 refers to the internal mechanism or system of something, whereas 構え describes its outward physical layout or appearance.

構かまえるN1
set up; establish; run · hold ready; have at the ready; prepare in advance · adopt a posture; assume a stance; stand ready · put on an air; assume an attitude · tense up; stiffen; become overly formal · fabricate; make up; feign · scheme; plot; form a plan
心こころ構がまえN2
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
身み構がまえ
posture; stance; attitude

Noun form of verb 構える (かまえる), meaning 'to set up' or 'to assume a stance'.

国くに構がまえ

kanji radical 31 (enclosing box); "country" radical

facial expression; look

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気き構がまえ
readiness; preparedness; attitude · kanji 'vapor' radical
店みせ構がまえ
store's appearance; shop front
一ひと構かまえ
free-standing house; detached house · clump; group; cluster
まきがまえ
kanji radical 13 ("upside-down box")
けいがまえ
kanji radical 13; upside-down box radical
はこがまえ
kanji 'box-on-side' radical (radical 22)
かくしがまえ
kanji 'hiding-box' radical (radical 23)
同どう構がまえ
kanji radical 13 (upside-down box)
外そと構がまえ
outward appearance of a house; exterior look · exterior structure; external fixtures
家いえ構がまえ
appearance of a house; style of a house
式しき構がまえ
kanji 'ceremony' radical (radical 56)
戈ほこ構がまえ
kanji "spear" radical at right