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警備 (けいび, keibi) Japanese meaning: security | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 警備する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 警けい 備び する 警けい 備び しない Polite 警けい 備び します 警けい 備び しません Past polite 警けい 備び しました 警けい 備び しませんでした Past 警けい 備び した 警けい 備び しなかった Te-form 警けい 備び して 警けい 備び しないで Desire 警けい 備び したい 警けい 備び したくない Potential 警けい 備び できる 警けい 備び できない Passive 警けい 備び される 警けい 備び されない Causative 警けい 備び させる 警けい 備び させない Causative passive 警けい 備び させられる 警けい 備び させられない Volitional 警けい 備び しよう Polite volitional 警けい 備び しましょう Imperative 警けい 備び しろ 警けい 備び するな Conditional 警けい 備び すれば 警けい 備び しなければ Tara conditional 警けい 備び したら 警けい 備び しなかったら
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港こう
の
警けい
備び
は
厳げん
重じゅう
だ
。
Security at the airport is tight.
The police are guarding the venue.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 警けい 備び をする to provide security for a place
It's a company that handles security for the airport.
警けい 備び を 強きょう 化か する to tighten/strengthen security
After the terrorist incident, security at the station was tightened.
警けい 備び に 当あ たる to be on guard duty
Many security guards were on duty for the event.
警けい 備び が 厳げん 重じゅう だ security is tight/strict
Security is tight because the president is coming.
Kanji 備 equip, provision, preparation Related words· 9 警護 focuses on protecting a specific person (like a VIP) as they move about, while 警備 covers broader security for places, buildings, or events.
守備 is used for defensive positions in sports or military contexts, whereas 警備 refers to civilian security and guarding against threats.
防犯 specifically means crime prevention (e.g. installing cameras), while 警備 is the broader act of guarding or patrolling.
警備 is the general act of guarding or providing security, while 固め emphasizes the act of tightening or reinforcing an existing defense.
Show 5 more 警備 refers to the active work of guarding or patrolling a place, whereas 保安 refers more broadly to the state or system of security itself.
警備 refers to the act or operation of guarding, whereas 厳戒 emphasizes how severe or tight that guarding is.
警備 refers to general security or surveillance of a place or event, whereas 護衛 specifically means accompanying and protecting a person or vehicle.
Don't confuse with 警戒 means being alert or on guard against a potential danger, while 警備 is the concrete task of physically guarding a place or event.
警備 refers to active security patrol or guarding (e.g. by police or guards), whereas 防備 refers to the state or measures of being defensively prepared.
警備 refers to guarding places, facilities, or events, whereas 警護 specifically refers to guarding a person against danger.
Word family· 13 guard; security guard; security officer
guard; sentry; security soldier
patrol boat; guard boat; guardship
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 警 (warn, caution) and 備 (prepare, equip). The combination conveys the idea of being prepared to warn or guard against danger.
警備 emphasizes organized security work (e.g., by guards or police), while 見張り is a broader, less institutional term for keeping watch.
警備 refers to the concrete act of guarding or patrolling a place, while 警戒 describes the mental/organizational state of being on alert.
かん
guard ship; patrol vessel
guard force; garrison; security detail
Show 5 more border security
mechanical security; card-key system
security company; security firm
security contracting; private security service
security reinforcement; beefed-up security
