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結構

けっこう

quite

Mnemonic

The very same word said the very same way, doing a different job. Nobody expected the glasses to suit her and they suit her more than a bit: けっこう.

Worth knowing

Same word as 結構 "all right, no thank you". This one goes in front of an adjective: 結構高い, quite expensive.

Built from

tie, bind
糸 thread + 吉 good fortune
construct, frame
木 a tree on the left. Timber put together into a frame, so the way a thing is built up.

Also read けっこう

all right, no thank you

Words sharing these kanji

result, outcome after all, finally marriage to tie, to join to mind, to care for

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