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構う [ichi1,news1,nf14]
【 かまう [ichi1,news1,nf14] 】
1. [v5u]
▶ to mind
▶ to care about
▶ to be concerned about
▶ to have a regard for
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 1866610 構わない 1. no problem; it doesn't matter
  ⇐ see: 2831314 かまちょ 1. please pay attention to me; please entertain me
2. [v5u,vi]
▶ to be an issue
▶ to matter
▶ to create inconvenience
3. [v5u] [uk]
▶ to keep company
▶ to care for
▶ to look after
▶ to entertain
▶ to pay attention to
▶ to spend time with
4. [v5u,vi]
▶ to interfere with
▶ to meddle in
5. [v5u,vt]
▶ to tease
6. [v5u,vt] [arch]
▶ to banish
▶ to prohibit

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2017-08-28 23:54:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2017-08-24 17:05:33  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5, prog, daij
  Comments: 
Reorganised senses a little. Sentences may need changing.
Couldn't find any evidence for the "to prepare for" sense so I dropped it.
  Diff: 
@@ -21,0 +22,8 @@
+<gloss>to have a regard for</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>to be an issue</gloss>
+<gloss>to matter</gloss>
+<gloss>to create inconvenience</gloss>
@@ -25,0 +34 @@
+<gloss>to keep company</gloss>
@@ -27,0 +37,3 @@
+<gloss>to entertain</gloss>
+<gloss>to pay attention to</gloss>
+<gloss>to spend time with</gloss>
@@ -31,4 +43 @@
-<gloss>to prepare for</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&v5u;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -39,0 +49 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -41,0 +52,7 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<gloss>to banish</gloss>
+<gloss>to prohibit</gloss>
+</sense>
4. A 2015-08-24 01:02:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Neither GG5 nor 中辞典 use kana in examples for sense 2. OTOH the Google n-grams lean very much to kana.
3. A* 2015-08-18 12:33:34  luce
  Refs: 
n-grams
かまう	2008
構う	2765
かまわない	36638
構わない	62533
かまった	108
構った	81
かまって	11578
構って	8059
かまってくれる	500
構ってくれる	297
かまってくれない	535
構ってくれない	340
かまってやる	172
構ってやる	108
かまってやらない	70
構ってやらない	31
かまってあげる	123
構ってあげる	77
かまってもらう	124
構ってもらう	87
かまってほしい	488
構ってほしい	150
eij both kanji and kana, prog all kanji
  Comments: 
curious n-grams. I think sense 2 is [uk]?
  Diff: 
@@ -24,0 +25 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
2. A 2010-11-18 18:54:51  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Yes.
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