How to say "equipment" in Japanese

• 装備そうびJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers equipment in the sense of gear that someone wears, carries, or is outfitted with, such as a soldier's or climber's equipment. It emphasizes being equipped for a purpose rather than installed machinery.
  その船ふねにはレーダーが装備そうびされていた。↗

  The boat was equipped with radar.
• 装置そうちJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbRefers to equipment as a device or apparatus — a mechanical or technical unit that performs a function. Use it when 'equipment' could naturally be replaced by 'device' or 'apparatus'.
  この暖房だんぼう装置そうちは石油せきゆを燃料ねんりょうとする。↗

  This heating system burns oil.
• 設備せつびJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers equipment in the sense of facilities and installations fixed in a building or site, such as a factory's or hotel's equipment. It suggests infrastructure rather than individual items.
  諸しょ設備せつびの費用ひようは払はらっていただきます。↗

  You have to pay for utilities.
• 機器ききCommon
  nounRefers to equipment as machinery, instruments, or devices, typically technical or electronic machines as a class of items. It suits contexts like office, medical, or industrial machinery.
  ディスプレイはモニタともいい、コンピュータなどの機器ききから出力しゅつりょくされる静止画せいしがまたは動画どうがの映像えいぞう信号しんごうを表示ひょうじする機器ききである。↗

  A display, aka monitor, is an appliance that displays video signal of still images and moving pictures produced by a computer or similar device.
• 備品びひんCommon
  nounCovers equipment in the sense of fixtures, furnishings, and fittings provided at an office or institution — the assorted supplied items. For general 'equipment' it is often not the word you want.
  研究所けんきゅうしょ用よう備品びひんは３月がつ１５日かまでに間違まちがいなく配達はいたつできます。↗

  I'm certain we can deliver the laboratory equipment by March 15th.

Choose 装備 for gear worn or carried, 装置 for a device or apparatus, 設備 for facilities installed in a building, 機器 for machines and instruments, and 備品 for fixtures and furnishings supplied at a workplace.

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• 装備そうびequipment
• 装置そうちequipment
• 設備せつびequipment
• 機器ききdevice
• 備品びひんequipment
• 機材きざいmachinery and materials
• 装いよそおいdress
• 備え付けそなえつけequipment
• 装具そうぐequipment
• 用品ようひんarticles
• 用具ようぐtool
• しつらえequipment
• しつらいequipment
• イクイップメントequipment
• 調度品ちょうどひんfurnishings
• 身ごしらえみごしらえdress
• 機械類きかいるいmachinery
• 器具類きぐるいinstruments
• 艤装ぎそうoutfitting (of a ship)
• メカmechanism
• 機具きぐ(tools and) equipment
• 装備品そうびひん(item of) equipment
• インプリメントimplement