構造|こうぞうkouzou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounstructure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
   この増加ぞうかに加くわえて、世界せかいの経済けいざい構造こうぞうの変化へんかがあった。↗

   Along with this increase, there has been a change in the world's economic organization.

• Synonym組み立てくみたてNeutralThe way something is put together or assembled, as in 「文章の組み立て」 or 「機械の組み立て」; 「構造」 stresses the internal structure itself.
• Synonym組織そしきNeutralAn organization or institution, as in 「組織の一員」, or biological tissue; centers on groups of people or cells, not internal structure.
• Synonym構成こうせいNeutralWhat elements something consists of, as in 「家族構成」 or 「番組の構成」; stresses the components and their arrangement.
• Synonym仕組みしくみNeutralThe working mechanism — how something operates, as in 「仕組みを説明する」; common in speech, focused on how things run rather than their structure.
• Synonym体制たいせいWrittenWritten/formal: the institutional order of a society or organization, as in 「政治体制」; stresses how it operates.
• Synonym成り立ちなりたちNeutralHow something came about and is made up, as in 「言葉の成り立ち」; stresses origin and formation.
• Synonym作りつくりNeutralThe make or build of something — how well it is made, as in 「頑丈な作り」; mostly for buildings and objects.
• SynonymストラクチャWrittenWritten/formal loanword for structure, mostly in architecture and IT jargon; rare in everyday use.
• Related編成へんせいWrittenWritten/formal: organizing individuals into a whole, as in 「チーム編成」 or 「予算編成」; about forming units, not the structure itself.
• Related体系たいけいWrittenWritten/formal: a systematized body of theory or knowledge, as in 「学問体系」; stresses systematic organization.
• Related組成そせいWrittenWritten/formal: the makeup or proportion of components, mostly in chemistry, as in 「組成式」.
• RelatedシステムNeutralLoanword for a system or scheme, common in technical and management contexts.
• Related系列けいれつNeutralA series of things linked in order or by connection, and also affiliated companies, as in 「系列会社」.
• Related構図こうずNeutralThe composition of a picture, or figuratively the layout of a situation, as in 「対立の構図」.
• Related系統けいとうNeutralA system or lineage, as in 「神経系統」 or 「系統立てる」; stresses a consistent thread.
• Related系けいWrittenWritten/formal: a system or faction, mostly used as a suffix, as in 「太陽系」 or 「文系」.
• Related配列はいれつNeutralThe arrangement or order of items in a sequence, as in 「遺伝子配列」 or 「キー配列」.
• RelatedオーガニゼーションWrittenWritten/formal loanword for organization or institution; very rare in daily conversation.
• Related編制へんせいWrittenWritten/formal term for organizing military units or groups; rarely used.
• Related取り合わせとりあわせCasualColloquial: a combination or assortment, as in 「色の取り合わせ」; mostly for food and colors.

Use 「構造」 for a thing's internal structure, as in 「建物の構造」. For its component elements, use 「構成」; for how it works, 「仕組み」; for organizations, 「組織」; for social systems, 「体制」; for theory, 「体系」; for a situation's layout, 「構図」. 「組み立て」 is assembly, 「作り」 build quality, 「成り立ち」 how it came about. 「編成」「編制」 are formal words for forming units; 「組成」 is formal, often chemical. 「システム」 is the common loanword; 「ストラクチャ」「オーガニゼーション」 are rare and formal. 「系列」「系統」「系」 cover lines and groupings, 「配列」 order, 「取り合わせ」 combinations.

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1. （機械きかい、組織そしき、文章ぶんしょうなどの）全体ぜんたいを成り立なりたたせている内部ないぶの仕組しくみ、組み立くみたて。