設備|せつびsetsubi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbequipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
   諸しょ設備せつびの費用ひようは払はらっていただきます。↗

   You have to pay for utilities.

• Synonym備え付けるそなえつけるNeutralVerb for placing tools or equipment in a fixed spot for ready use; 「設備」 is the noun for the whole installed setup.
• Synonym装置そうちNeutralA mechanical device with a specific function, also stage sets, as in 「安全装置」「舞台装置」; 「設備」 has a broader range.
• Synonym装備そうびNeutralGear prepared for a purpose, e.g. weapons, mountain-climbing kit or a car's fittings; usually moves with a person or vehicle.
• Synonym施設しせつNeutralThe building or institution itself, e.g. sports facilities or a welfare home; 「設備」 is the equipment installed in it.
• Synonym機器ききNeutralMachines and appliances themselves, e.g. electronic devices; 「設備」 stresses the overall setup installed in a place.
• Synonym備え付けそなえつけNeutralThings provided or that come with a place, as in 「備え付けの家具」; commonly used attributively.
• Synonym機材きざいNeutralMachinery and gear, often portable equipment for photography or sound, as in 「撮影機材」.
• SynonymイクイップメントNeutralLoanword for gear and equipment, mostly in specialist fields or product names; in everyday speech say 「設備」 or 「装備」.
• Synonym機具きぐWrittenWritten word for machines and tools, seen mostly in compounds like 「農機具」; rarely used alone.
• Related装着そうちゃくNeutralFitting a part on or wearing a device, as in 「チャイルドシートの装着」; stresses the act of attaching.
• Related備品びひんNeutralMovable items supplied in schools and offices, like desks, chairs and tools; 「設備」 is mostly fixed installations.
• Related装具そうぐWrittenWritten word for gear worn on the body, e.g. military fittings or orthotic braces; unrelated to a place's facilities.
• Related備えるそなえるNeutralVerb for equipping or having what is needed; also to prepare for the future, as in 「災害に備える」.
• Related据え付けるすえつけるNeutralTo set equipment in place and fix it so it cannot move, e.g. installing a machine; 「設備」 is the installed facilities.
• RelatedファシリティNeutralLoanword for facility, seen mostly in business terms like 「ファシリティマネジメント」.
• Related設けるもうけるNeutralVerb for setting something up — an institution, rules, a counter, etc., as in 「窓口を設ける」.
• Related設置せっちNeutralEstablishing an institution or installing equipment, as in 「設置工事」; 「設備」 is the facilities once installed.
• Related取り付けるとりつけるNeutralVerb for fixing something onto something else, e.g. fitting an air conditioner; also to win someone's consent.
• RelatedしつらえるWrittenWritten and slightly old-fashioned: to arrange or furnish a place, e.g. laying out seats for a banquet.
• Related作り付けるつくりつけるNeutralTo build furniture etc. in so it is fixed to the wall and cannot be removed, e.g. 「作り付けの棚」.

Default to 「設備」 for the facilities and equipment installed in a place. Pick 「装置」 for a machine with a specific function, 「施設」 for the building or institution itself, 「装備」 for gear that goes with a person or vehicle, and 「設置」 for the act of installing or establishing. To talk about installing, use verbs like 「備え付ける」「取り付ける」 or 「据え付ける」; 「備品」 is movable school or office items and 「機材」 portable gear such as 「撮影機材」.

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1. 必要ひつような建物たてものや機器きき、装置そうちなどを備え付そなえつけること。備え付そなえつけたもの。
2. 準備じゅんび。