How to say "structure" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 構造こうぞうnounThe general word for 'structure' as the makeup or framework of something — how its parts are put together, whether of a building, a sentence or an organization.
- 仕組みしくみnounCovers 'structure' in the sense of how a system works — its arrangement or contrivance, the mechanism behind it. Use it when you mean the workings of something rather than its static makeup.
- 体制たいせいnounCovers 'structure' in the sense of an organizational or political set-up — the system and order under which a group, institution or society is organized.
- 建造物けんぞうぶつnounA concrete word for a structure in the physical sense — something that has been built. Its core sense is 'building', so it fits when 'structure' means an actual built edifice rather than an abstract arrangement.
- 構造物こうぞうぶつnounThe word for a structure as a physical, constructed object. Use it when 'structure' means a built thing itself, not the makeup or framework behind it.
Use 構造 for the makeup or framework of something, 「仕組み」 for how a system works, 体制 for an organizational set-up, and 建造物 or 構造物 for a physical, built structure.
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Japanese equivalents
- 構造こうぞうstructure
- 仕組みしくみstructure
- 体制たいせいorder
- 建造物けんぞうぶつstructure
- 構造物こうぞうぶつstructure
- 建築物けんちくぶつbuilding
- 作りつくりmaking
- 構成こうせいcomposition
- 規模きぼscale
- 構えかまえstructure
- ストラクチャstructure
- 構造体こうぞうたいstructure
- 構築物こうちくぶつstructure
- 架構かこうframework
- 骨幹こっかんskeleton
- 石理せきりtexture (of a rock)
- 組織そしきstructure
- 成り立ちなりたちstructure
- 機構きこうsystem
- 枠組みわくぐみframework (of a plan, system, etc.)
- 骨組みほねぐみframework
- 工作物こうさくぶつ(a) construction
- 結構けっこうstructure
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