JLPT N4 vocabulary
構う: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
かまう2Nakadaka · falls inside
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to mind, to care about, to be concerned about, to have a regard for
- to be an issue, to matter, to create inconvenience
- to keep company, to care for, to look after, to entertain, to pay attention to, to spend time with
- to interfere with, to meddle in
- to tease
- (archaic) to banish, to prohibit
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 構う | 構 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 構 | 構 |
| Polite presentます形 | 構 | 構 |
| Polite pastました形 | 構 | 構 |
| Te-formて形 | 構 | 構 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 構 | 構 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 構 | 構 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 構 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 構 | 構 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 構 | 構う |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 構 | 構 |
| Passive受身形 | 構 | 構 |
| Make / let使役形 | 構 | 構 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 構 | 構 |
Example sentences
ステレオを掛けてもかまわないかい。
Mind if I play the stereo?
傘を忘れたのに、彼は雨にも構わず外に出ました。
Even though he forgot his umbrella, he ignored the rain and went outside.