JLPT N5 · な-adjective

結構 (kekkou)

結構 (けっこう, kekkou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “splendid; nice”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: けっこう
Romaji: kekkou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

splendid; nice; wonderful; delightful; lovely · な-adjective
sufficient; satisfactory; enough; fine; all right · な-adjective
not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough; fine (as in "I'm fine"); no, thank you · な-adjective
rather; quite; fairly; pretty; surprisingly · adverb
structure; construction; framework; architecture · noun

Example sentences

好奇心がお旺盛なのは大変に結構なことである。

A healthy curiosity is truly a fine thing.

Tatoeba #74945

どちらの日でも結構です。

Either day is OK.

Tatoeba #200732

いや結構です。たくさんいただきました。

No more, thank you. I'm full.

Tatoeba #228472

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 結構

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	結構だ	けっこうだ kekkouda
Present (polite)	結構です	けっこうです kekkoudesu
Negative	結構じゃない	けっこうじゃない kekkoujanai
Past	結構だった	けっこうだった kekkoudatta
Negative past	結構じゃなかった	けっこうじゃなかった kekkoujanakatta
Te-form	結構で	けっこうで kekkoude
Before a noun	結構な	けっこうな kekkouna
Adverb (~ni)	結構に	けっこうに kekkouni

Kanji in 結構

結

tie, bind, contractケツ・ケチ・むす.ぶ・ゆ.う · 12 strokes

構

posture, stance, appearanceコウ・かま.える・かま.う · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 結構.

結婚けっこんmarriage結果けっかresult結局けっきょくafter all結論けつろんconclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.)結ぶむすぶto tie結核けっかくtuberculosis結合けつごうcombination結晶けっしょうcrystal結成けっせいformation結束けっそくunion妥結だけつsettlement団結だんけつunity結びむすびending結び付きむすびつきconnection

Source: JMdict entry 1254760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.