I Love Kanji具える (sonaeru)
具える (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
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.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 具える
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 具える | そなえる sonaeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 具えます | そなえます sonaemasu |
| Negative | 具えない | そなえない sonaenai |
| Polite negative | 具えません | そなえません sonaemasen |
| Past | 具えた | そなえた sonaeta |
| Polite past | 具えました | そなえました sonaemashita |
| Negative past | 具えなかった | そなえなかった sonaenakatta |
| Te-form | 具えて | そなえて sonaete |
| Potential | 具えられる | そなえられる sonaerareru |
| Passive | 具えられる | そなえられる sonaerareru |
| Causative | 具えさせる | そなえさせる sonaesaseru |
| Volitional | 具えよう | そなえよう sonaeyou |
| Imperative | 具えろ | そなえろ sonaero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 具えれば | そなえれば sonaereba |
Kanji in 具える
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 具える.
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Source: JMdict entry 1244960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.