How to say "readiness" in Japanese

• 覚悟かくごJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReadiness as resolve: being mentally prepared to face something difficult, painful, or inevitable, such as surgery, an exam, or bad news; the emphasis is on steeling yourself and accepting what is coming.
  兵士へいしたちは故国ここくのために死しぬ覚悟かくごが出来できていた。↗

  The soldiers were ready to die for their country.
• 心構えこころがまえCommon
  noun, suru verbReadiness as mental preparation made in advance: the frame of mind you get into before something new or challenging, such as a new job; calmer and more considered than the resolve of 覚悟.
  何事なにごとが起おころうとも、彼女かのじょはそれに対たいする心構こころがまえが出来できている。↗

  Should anything arise, she will be prepared for it.
• 気構えきがまえCommon
  nounReadiness as the mental stance or attitude you take up toward something; close to 心構え but with more of a sense of bracing yourself against a challenge.
• 態勢たいせいJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounReadiness as an organized posture or stance: the state of preparedness of a team, organization, or force, as in arranging a defensive readiness; less about inner feelings than about how things are set up.
  ５００人にんの警官けいかんが厳重げんじゅうな警備けいび態勢たいせいおかれた。↗

  500 policemen were put on strict alert.
• 気持ちきもちJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounEssentially the word for a feeling or mood; only in the sense of one's state of mind going into something does it touch readiness, and it is seldom the word you want here.

Use 覚悟 for resolve in facing something hard, 「心構え」 or 「気構え」 for the mindset you prepare beforehand, 態勢 for organized or physical readiness, and treat 「気持ち」 as a marginal 'feeling' option.

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• 覚悟かくごreadiness
• 心構えこころがまえpreparedness
• 気構えきがまえreadiness
• 態勢たいせいattitude
• レディネスreadiness
• 気持ちきもちpreparedness
• 構えかまえreadiness