JLPT N5 vocabulary
結構: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
けっこう0Heiban · flat nounalso 3 noun 1 形動;副
na-adjective
Meaning
- splendid, nice, wonderful, delightful, lovely, excellent, fine
- sufficient, satisfactory, enough, fine, all right, OK
- not needing any more of something, already having enough, fine as in “I'm fine,” no, thank you
- (adverb) rather, quite, fairly, pretty, surprisingly, quite a bit, fairly well
- (noun) structure, construction, framework, architecture
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 結構 | 結構 |
| Plain past過去形 | 結構 | 結構 |
| Polite presentです形 | 結構 | 結構 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 結構 | 結構 |
| Te-formて形 | 結構 | 結構 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 結構 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 結構 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 結構 | 結構 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 結構 | 結構 |
Example sentences
その料理はおいしい一方で、作るのは結構時間がかかります。
Although that food is delicious, it takes a pretty long time to make.