Kanji1 / 12
備 kanji
equip, provision, preparation
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ビ
Kun readings
そなえるそなわるつぶさに
Variant forms
僃Words with 備
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —緊急配備emergency deployment (police, etc.); emergency posting
- —整備計画improvement project; construction plan; maintenance plan; maintenance schedule; maintenance program
- —加工設備processing plant; processing facility; processing equipment
- —設備工事equipment installation; installation work
- —無線設備radio equipment; facility that can transmit radio waves (as defined in Japan's radio law)
- —予備委員reserve member
- —軍備増強arms buildup; military expansion
- —地上配備land-based (missiles, etc.)
- —警備警察security police; peace preservation police
- —予備研究pilot study; preliminary study
- —守備範囲area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; area of expertise; range of topics one can converse about; breadth of one's interests and knowledge; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
- —変電設備transforming equipment; transformer; electrical substation
- —常備兵役active and (first) reserve duty
- —準備通貨reserve currency
- —実戦配備deployment of troops, equipment, etc. (in preparation for battle)
- —事前準備advance preparations
- —都市整備urban development
- —標準装備standard equipment; standard feature
- —備荒作物crops planted to stave off famine (e.g., wheat, barley, buckwheat, potatoes); emergency crops
- —住宅設備household furnishings; home appliances