Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to set up (a house, store, etc.), to build, to establish, to run, to maintain.
  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 stand ready, to be poised for.

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to put on an air, to assume an attitude.
  2. to stiffen, to tense up, to become formal.

Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to fabricate in order to deceive, to make up, to feign.
  2. to plan, to scheme.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
構える かまえる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

posture, build, pretend
コウ かま.える とち (5th, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
put together, inner palace
コウ かま.える (Kentei 1)
well, well crib, town
い ショウ セイ (7th, N1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
red, tan
ゼン ネン あや.うい (Kentei 1)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)