Meaning

Primary

To Care About

Alternative

To Mind

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means care so the verb vocab version is to care about.

Reading

かまう
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: Do you care a lot about grammar? I don't care, unless it has to do with commas (かま). Then I do flip out.

Context

Context Sentences

「こちらの品は百万円ほどお高くなります。」「それでも構わないよ。それを頂くよ。」

"This one will cost about a million yen more." "I still don’t mind. I’ll take it."

Kanji Composition