| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 準備 | じゅんび | preparation, setup, arrangements, provision, reserve |
| 整備 | せいび | maintenance, servicing, outfitting |
| 設備 | せつび | equipment, device, facilities, installation |
| 備える | そなえる | to furnish, to provide for, to equip, to install; to have ready, to prepare for; to possess, to have, to be endowed with, to be armed with |
| 警備 | けいび | defense, defence, guard, policing, security |
| 守備 | しゅび | defense, defence |
| 予備 | よび | preparation, preliminaries, reserve, spare |
| 装備 | そうび | equipment |
| 軍備 | ぐんび | armaments, military preparations |
| 備蓄 | びちく | emergency stores, stored, reserved |