構 set up / care about

14 strokes

木 (tree) +

(hell's circus) (Same-ON)

ONYOMI: KOU

COCAINE addicts really care about their drugs.

Use the tree as the central pole when you set up hell's circus tent.

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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:

結構です。 ( けっこうです。)

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?") (1/2 KANA, JERK)
結 (bind) + 構 (set up / care about) = 結構 (ok / no thanks / very)

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! )

a polite way to say, "Don't worry about it."

構造 ( こうぞう )

structure of a physical thing: cell structure, house structure,structure of a society.
構 (set up / care about) + 造 (produce) = 構造 ( structure)