よび
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. reserve; spare
Oh, we have spares.
2. preparation; preliminaries
He deliberately put some distance between us and made a big wind-up.
Pitch accent
よ
び
Used in vocabulary (41 in total)
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
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
Examples (14 in total)
Oh, we have spares.
Please give me a spare blanket.
By the way, do you have any spare batteries?
Do you have any spare iron ingots?
The faulty system was cut off, and the backup kicked in.
He threw the ball without any wind-up.
I can't buy spare parts for this car.
The rest will be kept in reserve as backup forces.
One of them is a spare for when one breaks.
He deliberately put some distance between us and made a big wind-up.
Before you jump, you need the preparatory movement of bending your knees.
If possible, please let me take a few more shots as spares.
All hospitals are equipped with a spare generator in case of a power outage.
Tom keeps an extra pair of shoes in the trunk of his car.