JLPT N3 · Verb

備える (sonaeru)

備える (そなえる, sonaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to furnish with; to equip with”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: そなえる
Romaji: sonaeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install · ichidan verb, transitive
to prepare for; to make preparations for; to make provision for · ichidan verb, transitive
to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be equipped with · ichidan verb, transitive
to be born with; to have since birth · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

このビルは非常階段を備えている。

The building is equipped with emergency stairs.

Tatoeba #223268

不時にそなえなくてはいけない。

You should be prepared for emergencies.

Tatoeba #85077

食虫植物は、昆虫を捕らえるための様々な種類の罠を備えている。

Insect-eating plants are equipped with various kinds of traps to catch insects.

Tatoeba #145796

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

Conjugation of 備える

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	備える	そなえる sonaeru
Polite (~masu)	備えます	そなえます sonaemasu
Negative	備えない	そなえない sonaenai
Polite negative	備えません	そなえません sonaemasen
Past	備えた	そなえた sonaeta
Polite past	備えました	そなえました sonaemashita
Negative past	備えなかった	そなえなかった sonaenakatta
Te-form	備えて	そなえて sonaete
Potential	備えられる	そなえられる sonaerareru
Passive	備えられる	そなえられる sonaerareru
Causative	備えさせる	そなえさせる sonaesaseru
Volitional	備えよう	そなえよう sonaeyou
Imperative	備えろ	そなえろ sonaero
Conditional (~ba)	備えれば	そなえれば sonaereba

Kanji in 備える

備

equip, provision, preparationビ・そな.える・そな.わる · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 備える.

準備じゅんびpreparation設備せつびequipment警備けいびdefense整備せいびmaintenance予備よびreserve軍備ぐんびarmaments守備しゅびdefense装備そうびequipment備わるそなわるto be furnished with備え付けるそなえつけるto provide

Source: JMdict entry 1244960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.