I Love Kanji備わる (sonawaru)
備わる (そなわる, sonawaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be furnished with; to be provided with”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- そなわる
- Romaji
- sonawaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be equipped with · godan verb, intransitive
- to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be gifted with · godan verb, intransitive
- to be among; to be one of · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 備わる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 備わる | そなわる sonawaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 備わります | そなわります sonawarimasu |
| Negative | 備わらない | そなわらない sonawaranai |
| Polite negative | 備わりません | そなわりません sonawarimasen |
| Past | 備わった | そなわった sonawatta |
| Polite past | 備わりました | そなわりました sonawarimashita |
| Negative past | 備わらなかった | そなわらなかった sonawaranakatta |
| Te-form | 備わって | そなわって sonawatte |
| Potential | 備われる | そなわれる sonawareru |
| Passive | 備わられる | そなわられる sonawarareru |
| Causative | 備わらせる | そなわらせる sonawaraseru |
| Volitional | 備わろう | そなわろう sonawarou |
| Imperative | 備われ | そなわれ sonaware |
| Conditional (~ba) | 備われば | そなわれば sonawareba |
Kanji in 備わる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 備わる.
準備じゅんびpreparation設備せつびequipment備えるそなえるto furnish with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備え付けるそなえつけるto provide
Source: JMdict entry 1596640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.