How to say "reserves" in Japanese

• 備蓄びちくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbRefers to goods stockpiled or stored up against an emergency or shortage, such as food or fuel held in reserve. This is the common everyday word for 'reserves' in the sense of supplies laid in for emergencies.
• 引当金ひきあてきん
  nounA financial term for reserves or provisions set aside on a company's books to cover expected losses or liabilities. It belongs to accounting contexts and is not used for supplies or troops.
• 予備軍よびぐん
  nounCovers reserves in the military sense — troops not on active duty but available if called up. It can also figuratively mean a reserve pool of people, but its core use is armed forces.
• 賦存量ふぞんりょう
  nounA technical term for reserves of natural resources such as oil or natural gas, and for the potential capacity of wind or solar power. It is mainly found in energy and resource reporting.
• 埋蔵量まいぞうりょう
  nounMeans deposits or reserves of natural resources buried in the ground, such as mineral or oil deposits. Like 賦存量 it is a resource-related technical term, not used for supplies, money, or troops.

Use 備蓄 for stockpiling supplies in case of emergency, 予備軍 for military reserves, 賦存量 or 埋蔵量 for natural-resource reserves, and 引当金 for financial reserves or provisions.

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• 備蓄びちくstocking up (in case of emergency)
• 引当金ひきあてきんreserves
• 予備軍よびぐんreserves (esp. troops)
• 賦存量ふぞんりょうreserves (of oil, natural gas, etc.)
• 埋蔵量まいぞうりょうdeposits
• 貯蔵物ちょぞうぶつstores
• 充員じゅういんreserves