JLPT N3 · Noun / suru verb

予防 (yobou)

予防 (よぼう, yobou) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “prevention; protection (against)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
よぼう
Romaji
yobou
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. prevention; protection (against); precaution · noun, suru verb, transitive

Example sentences

治療よりも予防。
Prevention is better than cure.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 予防

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary予防するよぼうする yobousuru
Polite (~masu)予防しますよぼうします yoboushimasu
Negative予防しないよぼうしない yoboushinai
Polite negative予防しませんよぼうしません yoboushimasen
Past予防したよぼうした yoboushita
Polite past予防しましたよぼうしました yoboushimashita
Negative past予防しなかったよぼうしなかった yoboushinakatta
Te-form予防してよぼうして yoboushite
Potential予防できるよぼうできる yoboudekiru
Passive予防されるよぼうされる yobousareru
Causative予防させるよぼうさせる yobousaseru
Volitional予防しようよぼうしよう yoboushiyou
Imperative予防しろよぼうしろ yoboushiro
Conditional (~ba)予防すればよぼうすれば yobousureba

Kanji in 予防

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 予防.

Source: JMdict entry 1543660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.