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備えるそなえる

prepare; equip

Verbe · Group 2 verb

老後ろうごに備えようそなえようと誰だれでも考えるかんがえる。

Everyone thinks he's planning for his old age.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: mookeee · French : hortusdei

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Group 2 verb (ichidan) · Transitive

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Verb group: Group 2 (ichidan)

Verb usage: freight forwarder

Other written forms: 具える

English dictionary meanings

to furnish with
to equip with
to provide
to install
to prepare for
to make preparations for
to make provision for
to possess (all that is needed)
to be endowed with
to be equipped with
to be born with
to have since birth

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