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
- —警備員guard; security guard; security officer
- —警備艇guardship
- —警備隊garrison; guards
- —守備率one's fielding average
- —準備室preparation room
- —整備工(car) mechanic
- —設備費cost of equipment
- —備考欄notes; remarks (reference) column
- —予備軍reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
- —警備兵guard (soldier)
- —金準備gold reserve
- —備前焼Bizen ware (type of pottery)
- —整備性serviceability; maintainability; ease of maintaining
- —法整備legislation; development of laws
- —整備士mechanic
- —整備室office (usu. for construction, maintenance, services, etc.)
- —古備前Bizen sword (mid-Heian to early Kamakura periods); ancient Bizen ware (Kamakura to early Momoyama periods)
- —守備的defensive
- —重装備heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored; heavily armoured
- —警備艦guard ship