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component; constituent element; building block
The individual elements that together make up a whole. Used across fields — grammar, chemistry, software, systems engineering, social theory — to refer to the parts of which something is composed.
重要な構成要素。
An important component.
家族は社会の基本的な構成要素だ。
The family is a fundamental component of society.
タンパク質は生命の最も重要な構成要素の一つである。
Proteins are one of the most important constituent elements of life.
このシステムは複数の構成要素から成り立っており、それぞれが特定の役割を担っている。
This system consists of multiple components, each of which plays a specific role.
Compound of 構成 ('composition; structure') and 要素 ('element; factor'). A set expression meaning 'the elements that make up the composition' — i.e., the parts of a whole.
USAGE:
Standard technical and academic vocabulary. Common across natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and grammar. Often used with から成り立つ ('to be composed of') or から構成される ('to be constituted by').
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 重要な構成要素: an important component
- 基本的な構成要素: a fundamental component
- 主な構成要素: the main components
- 構成要素を分析する: to analyze the components
- 構成要素に分解する: to break down into components
- 構成要素の一つ: one of the components
- 〜の構成要素となる: to constitute a component of ~
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 要素: element; factor — broader; can include abstract factors
- 成分: ingredient; chemical component — specifically for substances, food, medicine
- 部品: part; component part — physical parts of machines or products
- コンポーネント: component — English loanword; used in IT and engineering
- 構成: composition; structure — the act or result of composing
- 因子: factor — used in mathematics, statistics, genetics