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予備 (よび, yobi) Japanese meaning: reserve | Kotomora
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I'll bring a spare battery.
There is almost no reserve fund left.
Usage patterns 予よ 備び の 〈 物もの 〉 a spare/backup ~
I kept a spare tire in the trunk.
〈 物もの 〉 の 予よ 備び を 用よう 意い する to prepare a spare/backup of ~
I prepared some spare batteries in advance.
予よ 備び として 〈 物もの 〉 を 取と っておく to set something aside as a spare/reserve
I set aside some cash as a reserve.
Kanji 予 beforehand, previous, myself 備 equip, provision, preparation 預 deposit, custody, leave with Related words· 7 控え is a general word for something kept in reserve or a backup copy, while 予備 more strongly implies an official or systematic spare kept for contingencies.
準備 is the everyday word for getting ready or making preparations, while 予備 in this sense refers to preliminary steps done specifically to prepare for something later.
補欠 specifically means a substitute person, such as a backup player, while 予備 is broader and can refer to spare items, funds, or people.
スペア is a casual loanword for a spare part or item, while 予備 is the more formal, native Japanese term used in official or written contexts.
Show 3 more 予備 refers to a spare item prepared in advance, while リザーブ overlaps in meaning but is a katakana loanword often tied to business or sports contexts.
予備 stresses having something kept in reserve (often objects), whereas サブ more commonly labels a backup person or role.
予備 means a reserve kept in case of need, while 替え specifically refers to a spare that is meant to replace something in use, like a change of clothes.
Word family· 42 cram school; preparatory school
reservist
spare parts; reserve supplies
reserve personnel; reserve members; alternates
Written forms 予よ 備び Usage 100%
Standard modern spelling.
預よ 備び
Old kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Etymology From Middle Chinese-derived elements 予 (beforehand) and 備 (prepare/equip). The older form 預備 uses 預 (deposit/entrust) but is now obsolete.
Show 6 more first reserve service; reserve duty
preliminary; preparatory
preparatory course
preparation of a crime; crime of preparing to commit an offense
reserve funds; emergency funds
reserves; reserve army · potential members; people at risk; wannabes
