提供します（ていきょうします、teikyoushimasu）
- to provide

The Japanese word 提供します, read as ていきょうします (teikyou shimasu), means "to provide," "to offer," "to supply," or "to furnish." It indicates the act of making something available to someone or something. It often implies a formal or service-oriented context. The meaning encompasses the idea of giving or making something accessible, whether it's goods, services, information, or support. 提供します is the polite, ます-form, of the verb 提供する (teikyou suru).

⚫︎ サービスを提供します。 Translation: I provide a service. ⚫︎ 食事を提供します。 Translation: I provide meals. ⚫︎ 情報を提供します。 Translation: I provide information.

⚫︎ 提供します is used in formal situations, business settings, or when offering services. ⚫︎ It is appropriate when you are making something available to someone else as part of your job, business, or agreement. ⚫︎ You can use it when you are offering a product or service. ⚫︎ You can also use it to offer information or assistance. ⚫︎ It's common in announcements, presentations, and written communication to show politeness and clarity.

⚫︎ The word is typically written with the kanji 提供 and the hiragana します. ⚫︎ Kanji: 提供 ⚫︎ Hiragana: ていきょうします ⚫︎ The base form is 提供する (teikyou suru). 提供する is the dictionary form of the verb. ⚫︎ The okurigana is standard; the します (shimasu) part is the polite suffix for verbs.

⚫︎ 与えます (ataemasu) - to give, to grant ⚫︎ 差し上げます (sashiagemasu) - to offer (more polite) ⚫︎ 供給します (kyoukyuu shimasu) - to supply, to furnish (similar nuance) ⚫︎ 出します (dashimasu) - to offer (can be informal) ⚫︎ あげる (ageru) - to give (informal)

⚫︎ 受け取ります (uketorimasu) - to receive ⚫︎ もらいます (moraimasu) - to receive (informal) ⚫︎ 奪います (ubaimasu) - to steal, to seize

当社は高品質な製品を提供します。 ・Translation: Our company provides high-quality products. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the business function of a company to provide products.

このレストランでは、ベジタリアン向けの食事も提供します。 ・Translation: This restaurant also offers vegetarian meals. ・Explanation: This example explains the restaurant's offering or service.

The word 提供 (teikyou) is a compound word: ⚫︎ 提 (tei) - meaning "to offer" or "to hold up". ⚫︎ 供 (kyou) - meaning "to offer" or "to provide". ⚫︎ します (shimasu) - the polite, ます-form verb ending, indicating "to do." The combination of these kanji, along with the verb ending, results in "to offer" or "to provide".