How to say "provide" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 備えるそなえるichidan verb, transitive verbCovers provide in the sense of furnishing or equipping a place or thing with what it needs, as when a room or building is provided with the necessary facilities or equipment.
- 設けるもうけるichidan verb, transitive verbCovers provide in the sense of setting something up so that it is available: preparing or establishing a facility, service, or opportunity. The emphasis is on deliberate arrangement.
- 備え付けるそなえつけるichidan verb, transitive verbCovers provide in the concrete sense of installing or fitting something into a place for use, as when fixtures or appliances are provided in a room. It stresses the item being set in place.
- 与えるあたえるichidan verb, transitive verbCovers provide in the sense of giving or supplying something to someone, whether concrete or abstract: providing information, support, or an opportunity. Choose this when someone receives what is provided.
- 定めるさだめるichidan verb, transitive verbCovers provide only in the legal or formal sense of stipulating, when a law, rule, or contract provides that something shall be the case. For other senses of provide, this is not the word.
Choose by sense: 「備える」 and 「備え付ける」 for equipping or furnishing a place, 「設ける」 for setting up a facility or opportunity, 「与える」 for giving or supplying something to someone, and 「定める」 for legal stipulation.
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