警備

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See also: 警备

Chinese

to alert; to warn; police to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip
trad. (警備) 警 備
simp. (警备) 警 备

Pronunciation

Verb

警備

  1. to guard; to garrison

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警 備
けい
Grade: 6 		び
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From kei (警, guard against) + bi (備, preparations).

Pronunciation

Noun

警(けい)備(び) • (keibi) 

  1. security guard
  2. patrol
  3. defense, guard, guarding, policing, security

Derived terms

Verb

警(けい)備(び)する • (keibi suru) suru (stem 警(けい)備(び)し (keibi shi), past 警(けい)備(び)した (keibi shita))

  1. keep guard, stand guard, defend

Conjugation

Conjugation of "警備する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 警備し けいびし keibi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 警備し けいびし keibi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 警備する けいびする keibi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 警備する けいびする keibi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 警備すれ けいびすれ keibi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 警備せよ¹
警備しろ² 		けいびせよ¹
けいびしろ² 		keibi seyo¹
keibi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 警備される けいびされる keibi sareru
Causative 警備させる
警備さす 		けいびさせる
けいびさす 		keibi saseru
keibi sasu
Potential 警備できる けいびできる keibi dekiru
Volitional 警備しよう けいびしよう keibi shiyō
Negative 警備しない けいびしない keibi shinai
Negative continuative 警備せず けいびせず keibi sezu
Formal 警備します けいびします keibi shimasu
Perfective 警備した けいびした keibi shita
Conjunctive 警備して けいびして keibi shite
Hypothetical conditional 警備すれば けいびすれば keibi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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