備え

Japanese

Kanji in this term
備
そな Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 備える.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そなえ [sònáéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) そなえ [sònáꜜè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞na̠e̞]

Noun

備(そな)え • (sonae) ^{←そなへ (sonafe)^?}

preparation
defense; formation of troops

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN