# 構 set up / care about

木 (tree) + (drug frenzy) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
14 strokes

## Onyomi

KOU |

## Mnemonic

| The THC smoker, in a drug frenzy, cared about smoking a tree.

## Kunyomi

( を ) かま＊える | to get into one's fighting stance, say, when a Samurai challenges one. Nowadays, usually used in the negative: 構えなくてもいい： don't be so nervous. relax. Also sometimes means to pose as , to put on airs. KANA ★★☆☆☆
( を　・　に ) かま＊う | to care about, to look after something, to take responsibility for it. 1/2 KANA ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

結構(けっこう) です。 | ok / no thanks / very ★★★☆☆ JERK 1/2 KANA 結 (bind) + 構 (set up / care about) = 結構 (ok / no thanks / very) this has 3 meanings, each used just as often as the others . 1)literally, "OK." 2) "No thank you" (just like American women, Japanese people use 'That's ok' to mean 'No.'!) 3) "Very much" : You often hear people saying, "Kekkou atsui ne!" ("It's very hot today, eh?")
構いません!(かまいません! ) | I don't care. ★★★☆☆
お構いなく(おかまいなく!) | don't worry about it. ★★☆☆☆ a polite way to say, "Don't worry about it."
構造(こうぞう) | structure ★☆☆☆☆ 構 (set up / care about) + 造 (produce) = 構造 ( structure) structure of a physical thing: cell structure, house structure,structure of a society.

## Synonyms

composition, organization, structure 構成 構造 組成 成り立ってる 成立
prepare 手配 用意 準備 備える xxxしておく 覚悟 構える
structure 構造 構成 組織