preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
guard; security guard; security officer
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
defense; defence; fielding
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
equipment; fixtures; furnishings; fittings; furniture; supplies
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
(item of) equipment; accessories (bike, auto)
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
fully prepared; all ready
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
(always) having ready; having on hand; being provided with; standing; permanent; regular
defense; defence; defensive preparations
preparatory phase; preparatory period
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
being fully equipped; being fully furnished; complete
armaments; military preparations
security firm; security company
note (for reference); remarks; N.B.
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
security department (of a police force); security bureau; security division
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
border patrol; border guard; border guards
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
fully equipped (particularly with reference to cars)
standard equipment; standard feature
ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation
security posture; security readiness; security preparedness
service in the first reserve
notebook; memorandum; commonplace book
emergency deployment (police, etc.); emergency posting
capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment
legislation; development of laws
environmental maintenance; environmental improvement
Kibi (former province located in present-day Okayama and parts of Hiroshima, Hyōgo and Kagawa prefectures; later split into Bizen, Bitchu and Bingo provinces)
preliminary election; primary (election)
shut-in; stay-at-home; recluse; (lit.) security officer of one's own home
military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
security contracting (against fire, theft, etc.); private security arrangement
faulty maintenance; poor maintenance; inadequate maintenance
infrastructure improvement
being proficient in both; combine both
notes; remarks (reference) column
plant and equipment; production facilities; manufacturing equipment
preparatory meeting; preparatory committee
arms buildup; military expansion
deployment of troops, equipment, etc. (in preparation for battle)
equipment room; supply room; storage room
road maintenance; road improvement
kannabi; mountain or forest where a deity is enshrined
rear guard; second reserve
increased or beefed up security
serviceability; maintainability; ease of maintaining
preliminary election; primary (election)
military expansion; arms buildup
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
stockpiled materials; stockpiled supplies
staying at home all day (without employment); (lit.) guarding one's home
office (usu. for construction, maintenance, services, etc.)
reserve funds; emergency funds
improvement project; construction plan; maintenance plan; maintenance schedule; maintenance program
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
having both wisdom and courage
Bizen ware (type of pottery)
radio equipment; facility that can transmit radio waves (as defined in Japan's radio law)
stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice
preliminary investigation
reduction of armaments; disarmament
preliminary conditions; initial conditions; state of preparations for (before) an event
open city; defenseless city
preparatory document; legal brief
construction cost; set-up cost; maintenance cost
Bizen sword (mid-Heian to early Kamakura periods); ancient Bizen ware (Kamakura to early Momoyama periods)
completeness; perfection; consummation
(crime of) assembling with dangerous weapons
security firm; security company
cooling facilities; air-conditioning facilities
transforming equipment; transformer; electrical substation
household furnishings; home appliances
National Police Reserve; Japan Police Reserve Corps
Bishū (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo)
safety devices; security provisions
making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game
equipment installation; installation work
foreign exchange reserves; foreign currency reserves
spade work; preliminaries
reserve equipment; backup unit; spare
security police; peace preservation police
Federal Reserve Bank (USA)
processing plant; processing facility; processing equipment
draft script; preparatory version
(certified) auto mechanic; car mechanic; automotive technician
Federal Reserve Board (US); FRB
pretrial preparation; trial preparation
security equipment (pepper spray, taser, batons, etc.); anti-theft device
pilot study; preliminary study
Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (of the Ministry of Defense)
certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage; certification of one's legal capacity to be married
crime of plotting a crime; crime of preparing to commit an offense; preparation of a crime
adding equipment (esp. rolling stock); increase
crime of preparing to commit homicide
service in the second reserve; military reserve force comprised of ex-servicemen
total amount of foreign currency reserves; foreign exchange reserves
reserve fund; emergency fund
preparatory school for examinees; cram school
industrial reserve force; the ranks of the unemployed
fully prepared; all ready
oil reserves; oil stocks; stockpiling of oil
land-based (missiles, etc.)
preliminary experiment; pilot study
(US) Federal Reserve System
voir dire (hearing to determine the admissibility of evidence, or the competency of a witness or juror)
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (US); ROTC
curtailment of business operations
Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (of the Ministry of Defense)
court of inquiry; court of enquiry
Society of Plant Engineers Japan
Kibi International University
Federal Reserve Board (US); FRB
crops planted to stave off famine (e.g., wheat, barley, buckwheat, potatoes); emergency crops
(five-year) medium-term defense program (Japan)
security arrangements; security system; security setup; security protocols
Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan; NUMO
(crime of) preparations or plots for private war
legal reserve system (USA); reserve deposit requirement system
South African Reserve Bank; SARB; South Africa Reserve Bank
Sanbi (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo)
transforming equipment; transformer; electrical substation
indispensable; essential; necessary; must-have
loudspeaker system; PA system
reserve officers' cadet school
having both (wide) knowledge and (high) virtue
required reserves; legal required reserves
Japan Agricultural Land Development Agency
arms control negotiations
reserve requirement ratio; legal reserve ratio; required reserve ratio
Japan Regional Development Corporation
equipment utilization rate; capacity factor
active and (first) reserve duty
Saibi Special Needs School (older name style)
Hakubi Line (West Tottori-Okayama railway)
maintenance person; maintenance worker; groundskeeper; member of the ground crew
Geibi Line (Hiroshima-North Okayama railway)
Defense Facilities Environs Improvement Association
five Shinkansen route extensions proposed in 1973
three principles on transfer of defense equipment and technology
maintenance engineer; ground crew
standby power supply; backup generator
forest planted to mitigate flood damage; flood prevention forest
well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen
Housing and Urban Development Corporation
preliminary control of lights
notebook; memorandum; commonplace book
Urban Development Corporation
Maritime Credit Corporation
reserve ratio; reserve rate
residual value; scrap value; memorandum price; memorandum value
complete equipment; consolidation
silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis); slender sprat