かまえ – Vocabulary details

かまえ

Meanings

Noun

1. structure; construction; appearance

ようやく、図と書しょ館かんの構かまえが見みえてきた。At last, the library building came into view.

2. posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; stance

どちらも構かまえを取とらず、自し然ぜんな姿し勢せいだった。Neither took a stance; they were in a natural posture.

3. readiness; determination; preparedness

これを撃げき退たいする構かまえです。They are poised to drive it back.

4. kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji)

e.g. 門

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

じゅうをかまえて

ready with a rifle leveled

さんだんかまえ

triple; three-way; threefold

ひとかまえ

free-standing house; clump (e.g. of trees); group

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Examples (9 in total)

これを撃げき退たいするかまえです。

They are poised to drive it back.

防ぼう御ぎょから、攻こう撃げきに変へん化かするかまえだ。

It is a stance that shifts from defense to attack.

見み覚おぼえのある独どく特とくなかまえだ。

It is a unique stance that looks familiar.

そんな悠ゆう長ちょうなかまえで大だい丈じょう夫ぶかい？

Are you sure it's all right to be so relaxed about it?

政せい府ふは増ぞう税ぜいを進すすめるかまえだ。

The government is poised to push ahead with the tax increase.

通とおりには立りっ派ぱなかまえの屋や敷しきが並ならんでいる。

Grand-looking mansions line the street.

ようやく、図と書しょ館かんのかまえが見みえてきた。

At last, the library building came into view.

どちらもかまえを取とらず、自し然ぜんな姿し勢せいだった。

Neither took a stance; they were in a natural posture.

かまえは小ちいさいが看かん板ばんが目め立だつので、見みつけにくくはないと思おもう。

The building is small, but its sign stands out, so I don't think it's hard to find.

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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

Examples (9 in total)