備える

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install
2. v1vt
   to prepare for; to make preparations for; to make provision for
3. v1vt
   to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be equipped with
4. v1vt
   to be born with; to have since birth

Example sentences

• 一部の住民が様子見の態度を取る一方で他の者は大洪水に備えた。

  Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.

• 老後に備えようと誰でも考える。

  Everybody thinks that they are ready for their old age.

• 老後に備えなければならない。

  We must provide for old age.