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構える かまえる N1

  1. to build; to establish; to maintain; to run; to set up (a house, store, etc.)
  2. to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal)
  3. to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to be poised for; to stand ready
  4. to assume an attitude; to put on an air
  5. to become formal; to stiffen; to tense up
  6. to fabricate in order to deceive; to feign; to make up
  7. to plan; to scheme

待ち構える まちかまえる

  1. to be on the watch (for); to lie in wait (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

斜に構える しゃにかまえる

  1. to couch (a sword)
  2. to look at cynically or ironically
  3. to adopt a formal attitude; to stand ready (to do)

居を構える きょをかまえる

  1. to take up one's residence

身構える みがまえる

  1. to put oneself on guard; to square off; to stand ready

事を構える ことをかまえる

  1. to stir up trouble; to take an aggressive position

店を構える みせをかまえる

  1. to have a shop; to run a shop

大上段に構える だいじょうだんにかまえる

  1. to hold a sword above one's head
  2. to be arrogant; to be haughty

気構える きがまえる

  1. to prepare oneself

半身 はんみ

  1. stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)
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