What does 予備 (yobi | よび) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	予備
	is pronounced
	yobi \| よび
	means
	preparation, preliminaries, reserve, spare

	Examples:
	予備の毛布をください。 yobi no mōfu o kudasai. I need an extra blanket. \| Please give me a spare blanket.
	ところで、予備の電池はあるの？ tokorode, yobi no denchi wa aru no? By the way, do you have any spare batteries?
	鉄インゴットの予備は持ってる？ tetsu ingotto no yobi wa motteru? Do you have any spare iron ingots?
	彼は予備の部品を次々と調べていった。 kare wa yobi no buhin o tsugitsugi to shirabe te itta. He examined the spare parts one after another. \| He examined the spare parts one by one.
	この車の予備の部品を買うことができない。 kono kuruma no yobi no buhin o kau koto ga deki nai. I can not buy spare parts for this car.
	ガソリンがなくなったので、予備タンクに頼った。 gasorin ga nakunatta node, yobi tanku ni tayotta. I fell back on the reserve tank when the gas ran out.
	我々はすべての本をひとまとめにして予備室に入れた。 wareware wa subete no hon o hitomatome ni shi te yobi shitsu ni ire ta. We gathered all the books together and put them in the spare room.
	私達はその食料のうちの少しを予備に取っておくべきだ。 watashi tachi wa sono shokuryō no uchi no sukoshi o yobi ni totte oku beki da. We should hold some of food in reserve.
	どこの病院にも全て停電に備えて予備の発電機を備えている。 doko no byōin ni mo subete teiden ni sonae te yobi no hatsuden ki o sonae te iru. Every hospital has a back-up electric generator in case of blackout. \| All hospitals are equipped with a spare generator in case of a power outage.
	２階に予備の部屋が二部屋ありますが、そのどちらもここ数年使用されていません。 ni kai ni yobi no heya ga ni heya ari masu ga, sono dochira mo koko sū nen shiyō sa re te i masen. We have two spare rooms upstairs, neither of which has been used for years.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org