構え | [かまえ, kamae] (n) posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; style; stance #8,071 [Add to Longdo] |
構える | [かまえる, kamaeru] (v1, vt) (1) to set up (e.g. a building); (2) to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal); to prepare to use something (e.g. a camera); (3) to plan; to scheme; (4) to fabricate in order to deceive; (5) to stiffen; to become formal; (P) #16,546 [Add to Longdo] |
音無しの構え | [おとなしのかまえ, otonashinokamae] (n) lying low; saying nothing and waiting for an opportunity [Add to Longdo] |
家構え | [いえがまえ, iegamae] (n) appearance or style of a house [Add to Longdo] |
外構え | [そとがまえ, sotogamae] (n) outward appearance (of a house) [Add to Longdo] |
気構え | [きがまえ, kigamae] (n) (1) readiness; preparedness; attitude; (2) kanji "vapor" radical [Add to Longdo] |
居を構える | [きょをかまえる, kyowokamaeru] (exp, v1) to take up one's residence [Add to Longdo] |
行構え | [ゆきがまえ;ぎょうがまえ, yukigamae ; gyougamae] (n) kanji "going" radical [Add to Longdo] |
国構え | [くにがまえ, kunigamae] (n) kanji "country" radical [Add to Longdo] |
三段構え | [さんだんがまえ;さんだんかまえ, sandangamae ; sandankamae] (n) triple; three-way; threefold [Add to Longdo] |
事を構える | [ことをかまえる, kotowokamaeru] (exp, v1) to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble [Add to Longdo] |
式構え | [しきがまえ, shikigamae] (n) kanji "ceremony" radical (radical 56) [Add to Longdo] |
斜に構える | [しゃにかまえる;はすにかまえる;ななめにかまえる(ik), shanikamaeru ; hasunikamaeru ; nanamenikamaeru (ik)] (exp, v1) (1) to couch (a sword); (2) to look at cynically or ironically; (3) (arch) to stand ready (to do); to adopt a formal attitude [Add to Longdo] |
銃を構えて | [じゅうをかまえて, juuwokamaete] (exp) ready with a rifle leveled [Add to Longdo] |
心構え | [こころがまえ, kokorogamae] (n) preparedness; readiness; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
身構え | [みがまえ, migamae] (n) posture [Add to Longdo] |
身構える | [みがまえる, migamaeru] (v1, vi) to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off [Add to Longdo] |
総構え;惣構 | [そうがまえ, sougamae] (n) outermost enclosure of a castle or fortress (including the town around it) [Add to Longdo] |
待ち構える(P);待ちかまえる | [まちかまえる, machikamaeru] (v1, vt) to lie in wait; to be on the watch for; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
帳台構え;帳台構 | [ちょうだいがまえ, choudaigamae] (n) (See 書院造り) ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite) [Add to Longdo] |
店を構える | [みせをかまえる, misewokamaeru] (exp, v1) to run a shop; to have a shop [Add to Longdo] |
店構え;見世構え | [みせがまえ, misegamae] (n) store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
闘い構え;闘構え | [たたかいがまえ, tatakaigamae] (n) (See 闘構え) kanji "fighting" radical [Add to Longdo] |
闘構え;鬥構え | [とうがまえ, tougamae] (n) kanji "fighting" radical [Add to Longdo] |
同構え | [どうがまえ, dougamae] (n) (See 冏構え) kanji radical 13 ("upside-down box") [Add to Longdo] |
二段構え | [にだんがまえ, nidangamae] (n) keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation [Add to Longdo] |
表構え | [おもてがまえ, omotegamae] (n) the front of a building; facade [Add to Longdo] |
包み構え;包構え | [つつみがまえ, tsutsumigamae] (n) kanji "wrapping" radical (radical 20) [Add to Longdo] |
面構え;面構(io) | [つらがまえ, tsuragamae] (n) expression; look [Add to Longdo] |
門構え;門構(io) | [もんがまえ;かどがまえ, mongamae ; kadogamae] (n) (1) (もんがまえ only) style or construction of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); (2) kanji "gate" radical [Add to Longdo] |
冂構え | [まきがまえ, makigamae] (n) (uk) (See 冏構え) kanji radical 13 ("upside-down box") [Add to Longdo] |
冏構え | [けいがまえ, keigamae] (n) (uk) kanji radical 13 ("upside-down box") [Add to Longdo] |
匚構え | [はこがまえ, hakogamae] (n) (uk) kanji "box-on-side" radical (radical 22) [Add to Longdo] |
匸構え | [かくしがまえ, kakushigamae] (n) (uk) kanji "hiding-box" radical (radical 23) [Add to Longdo] |
戈構え | [ほこがまえ, hokogamae] (n) kanji "spear" radical at right [Add to Longdo] |