用意|よういyoui[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbpreparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 用意する(よういする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 用意します(よういします) |
| Negative (nai) | 用意しない(よういしない) |
| polite (masen) | 用意しません(よういしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 用意せず・用意せぬ(よういせず・よういせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 用意した(よういした) |
| polite (mashita) | 用意しました(よういしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 用意しなかった(よういしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 用意しませんでした(よういしませんでした) |
| Te form | 用意して(よういして) |
| Potential | 用意できる(よういできる) |
| Passive | 用意される(よういされる) |
| Causative | 用意させる(よういさせる) |
| Causative passive | 用意させられる(よういさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 用意すれば(よういすれば) |
| tara | 用意したら(よういしたら) |
| Volitional | 用意しよう(よういしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 用意しましょう(よういしましょう) |
| Imperative | 用意しろ(よういしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym準備じゅんびNeutralBroader in scope than 「用意」: preparation for an undertaking as a whole, as in 「試験の準備」. Common in both speech and writing.
- Synonym支度したくNeutralColloquial; mostly for getting ready to go out or to cook, or for fixing oneself up, as in 「夕食の支度」.
- Synonym備えそなえWrittenWritten or formal prose; preparation against the unexpected, as in 「災害への備え」, with the emphasis on guarding against trouble before it strikes.
- Related仕込みしこみNeutralPreparing ingredients or stocking up for a shop or the brewing process, as in 「仕込み中」; the emphasis is on laying in supplies ahead of time.
- Related膳立てぜんだてCasualColloquial; paving the way for someone else, as in 「お膳立てする」. Often carries a nuance of taking care of everything on their behalf.
- Antonym無用意WrittenWritten or formal prose; the opposite of 「用意」: having made no preparations, being careless.
- Antonym無準備NeutralThe neutral opposite of 「用意」: going into something with no preparation at all.
「用意」 is the default for getting things ready. Use 「準備」 for broader, all-round preparation, 「支度」 for going out or cooking, 「備え」 for guarding against emergencies, 「お膳立て」 for arranging things for someone; 「無準備」 means none at all.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


