Word Meaning 大上段に構える

だいじょうだんにかまえる daijoudan ni kamaeru

大上段に構える is read as だいじょうだんにかまえる (daijoudan ni kamaeru) and means to hold a sword above one's head.

Meaning

English

to hold a sword above one's head
to be haughty
to be arrogant

Reading

Kana

だいじょうだんにかまえる

Romaji

daijoudan ni kamaeru

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Proverb ✓ Rank 76584 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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大上段

だいじょうだん

holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture)

階段を上る

かいだんをのぼる

to go up the stairs

上段

じょうだん

overhead position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

二段構え

にだんがまえ

keeping an alternative up one's sleeve

上一段活用

かみいちだんかつよう

conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"

上二段活用

かみにだんかつよう

conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)

一段上

いちだんうえ

a cut above

上一段

かみいちだん

conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"

上段の間

じょうだんのま

room with a raised floor

二段化構成

にだんかこうせい

two stage configuration

二段構成

にだんこうせい

two stage construction

上り段

のぼりだん

doorstep