蓄え・貯え|たくわえtakuwae[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounstore; reserve; stock; savings
   食料しょくりょうの蓄たくわえはその時ときまで持もたないだろう。↗

   The food supplies will not hold out till then.

• Synonym貯蓄ちょちくNeutralNeutral word for savings in the economic sense, as in 「貯蓄率」; 「蓄え」 is more colloquial and covers goods as well as money.
• Synonym備蓄びちくWrittenWritten/formal prose for stockpiling supplies against emergencies — nations, organizations and households alike, as in 「石油備蓄」「水の備蓄」.
• Synonym蓄積ちくせきWrittenWritten/formal prose for accumulation, as in 「知識の蓄積」; not limited to money.
• SynonymストックNeutralLoanword for stock or inventory, also soup stock; leans commercial.
• Synonym貯蔵ちょぞうNeutralStorage, as in 「貯蔵庫」; centres on keeping goods preserved.
• RelatedリザーブNeutralLoanword for reserving or setting something aside; used rarely.
• Related預金よきんNeutralMoney held in a bank, as in 「預金口座」; 「蓄え」 is not limited to bank deposits.
• Related貯金ちょきんNeutralSaving money or a deposit, the most common everyday word; 「蓄え」 stresses what you have built up on hand.
• Related予備よびNeutralA spare person or thing, as in 「予備の電池」; stresses serving as a replacement.
• Related控えひかえNeutralBackup or reserve, as in 「控えの選手」; stresses waiting in the wings as a substitute.
• Related備えそなえNeutralPreparation or guarding against danger, as in 「災害への備え」; stresses prevention.
• Related積み金つみきんWrittenWritten/formal prose for a reserve fund saved up bit by bit; used rarely.
• Related貯蔵品ちょぞうひんWrittenWritten/formal prose for stored goods; leans warehouse and stockkeeping usage.
• Related貯蔵物ちょぞうぶつWrittenWritten/formal prose for stored items; likewise leans warehouse usage.
• Antonym欠乏けつぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose for acute lack or scarcity; the opposite of the reserves 「蓄え」 denotes.
• Antonym不足ふそくNeutralShortage or lack; the everyday antonym of 「蓄え」.

Use 「蓄え」 for money or goods you have set aside, as in 「老後の蓄え」. For saving money say 「貯金」, in economic contexts 「貯蓄」, and for national or emergency stockpiles 「備蓄」. For shortage or lack, use 「不足」.

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1. 【蓄たくわえ】蓄たくわえること。また、その物もの。
2. 【貯たくわえ】貯金ちょきん。
3. 「たくわえる」の未然みぜん・連用形れんようけい。