► 動詞
整う [(3)ととのう] meaning: ready rank: 1
☆ 宴会の準備は全て整った ⇨ The preparation for the party is all done
► 成句
手ぐすね [(2)てぐすね] [手ぐすね引く] meaning: ready rank: 3
☆ 彼等は敵を手ぐすね引いて待っている ⇨ They are licking their chops and waiting for the enemy (☛ 手薬煉 is a wax for bowstrings. Get ready to shoot an arrow)
満 [(1)まん] [満を持する] meaning: ready rank: 3
☆ 彼等は満を持して競合製品を発表した ⇨ They took their time to debut their competing product (☛ Be fully ready and wait for the right time to start doing something)
► 名詞
用意 [(1)ようい] meaning: ready rank: 1
☆ 用意、始め！ ⇨ Ready, start!
☆ 用意はいい？ ⇨ Are you ready?
心構え [(4)こころがまえ] meaning: ready rank: 2
☆ 日本には外国が侵略してきた時の心構えがある人は殆どいない ⇨ There are few people in Japan who are mentally prepared for an invasion by a foreign country (☛ Mental preparedness)
態勢 [たいせい] meaning: ready rank: 2
☆ この街は災害避難民の受け入れ態勢が整っていない ⇨ The town is not ready to accommodate disaster evacuees
☆ 軍は国境の防衛態勢を強化した ⇨ The military has fortified the border defense
☆ 警察はテロ攻撃のために厳戒態勢を敷いている ⇨ The police is on the highest alert for terrorist attacks (☛ Organizational readiness to cope with specific, often extraordinary, situations)