備える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
備
そな
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そなえ​る [sònáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞na̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "備える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
備える そなえ​る [sònáéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 備えろ そなえ​ろ [sònáéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 備えられる そなえられ​る [sònáéráréꜜrù]
Causative 備えさせる そなえさせ​る [sònáésáséꜜrù]
Potential 備えられる そなえられ​る [sònáéráréꜜrù]
Volitional 備えよう そなえよ​ー [sònáéyóꜜò]
Negative 備えない そなえ​ない [sònáéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 備えなかった そなえ​なかった [sònáéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 備えます そなえま​す [sònáémáꜜsù]
Perfective 備えた そな​えた [sònáꜜètà]
Conjunctive 備えて そな​えて [sònáꜜètè]
Hypothetical conditional 備えれば そなえ​れば [sònáéꜜrèbà]

Verb

備(そな)える • (sonaeru) ichidan (stem 備(そな)え (sonae), past 備(そな)えた (sonaeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 備える
mediopassive 備わる
  1. to prepare
    台風(たいふう)に備(そな)えて土手(どて)を補強(ほきょう)する
    taifū ni sonaete dote o hokyōsuru
    Strengthening the embankment to prepare for the typhoon
  2. to furnish
    各部屋(かくへや)に電話(でんわ)が備(そな)えてある
    kakuheya ni denwa ga sonaete aru
    Telephones are furnished in every rooms

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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