N1Verb

🏃Actions & Movement

構えるかまえる

kamaeru

to set up (a house, a shop); to take a stance, to be ready

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Example sentence

彼は大通りに店を構えている。

He has a store on the main road.

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Kanji in 構える

posture, build, pretend

Sentences with 構える

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
結構	N5	けっこう	けっこうsplendid; enough, tolerably
構う	N4	かまう	かまうto mind, to care about, to be concerned about
構成	N3	こうせい	こうせいorganization, composition
機構	N3	きこう	きこうmechanism, organization
構造	N2	こうぞう	こうぞうstructure, construction
構いません	N2	かまいません	かまいませんit's all right; one doesn’t mind
構想	N1	こうそう	こうそうplan, plot, idea, conception

More Actions & Movement words

Word	Reading	Meaning
外方	そっぽ	そっぽlook (or turn) the other way
登録	とうろく	とうろくregistration, register, record
寄り掛かる	よりかかる	よりかかるto lean against, to recline on, to lean on, to rely on
カット	カット	カットcut, cutting
上昇	じょうしょう	じょうしょうrising, ascending, climbing
ジャンプ	ジャンプ	ジャンプjump
接触	せっしょく	せっしょくtouch, contact
損う	そこなう	そこなうto harm, to hurt

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