備える
そなえる
to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install
JLPT N3 Common word
Meanings
Ichidan verb, Transitive
to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install- to prepare for; to make preparations for; to make provision for
- to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be equipped with
- to be born with; to have since birth
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 備えるそなえる | 備えますそなえます |
| Negative | 備えないそなえない | 備えませんそなえません |
| Past | 備えたそなえた | 備えましたそなえました |
| Past negative | 備えなかったそなえなかった | 備えませんでしたそなえませんでした |
| Te-form | 備えてそなえて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 備えられるそなえられる |
| Passive | 備えられるそなえられる |
| Causative | 備えさせるそなえさせる |
| Volitional | 備えようそなえよう |
| Imperative | 備えろそなえろ |
| Conditional (ば) | 備えればそなえれば |
| Conditional (たら) | 備えたらそなえたら |
Example sentences
将来に備えよ。
Prepare yourself for the future.
備えてありますか？
Have you made provisions?
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He is a man of virtue.
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We prepared for an attack.
将来に備えねばならない。
We must provide for future.
More examples (10)
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It is necessary that we should prepare for the worst.
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She provided for an urgency.
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We should provide against fires.
老後に備えなければならない。
We must provide for old age.
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She is endowed with beauty.
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He is a man with profound learning.
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He carries himself with the majesty of a king.
最悪の事態に備えるべきです。
You should prepare for the worst.
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Everybody thinks that they are ready for their old age.
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We must provide for the future.