備える – vocab dash

備そなえる

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Meanings

Ichidan verb

Transitive verb

1. to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install

2. to prepare for; to make preparations for; to make provision for

3. to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be equipped with

4. to be born with; to have since birth

Kanji used

Pitch accent

そなえる

Examples85

このビルは非ひ常じょう階かい段だんを備そなえている。

The building is equipped with emergency stairs.

食しょく虫ちゅう植しょく物ぶつは、昆こん虫ちゅうを捕とらえるための様さま々ざまな種しゅ類るいの罠わなを備そなえている。

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

不ふ時じにそなえなくてはいけない。

You should be prepared for emergencies.

彼かの女じょは美うつくしさを備そなえています。

She is endowed with beauty.

我われ々われは攻こう撃げきに備そなえた。

We prepared for an attack.

科か学がくは２１世せい紀きに備そなえる方ほう法ほうだ。

Science is the way to prepare for the 21st century.