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材料
Meaning in Englishmaterial, ingredient, raw material
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What it means
What does 材料 mean? It denotes the substances and components needed to create something, including raw inputs and ingredients, across contexts like manufacturing, cooking, and design.
Main meanings
- Primary sense: materials or ingredients used to make or assemble something.
- Extended sense: inputs or resources in planning, production, or analysis contexts.
How to use it
Used across contexts to refer to inputs or substances required to complete a task, from recipes to industrial production; the term is common in manuals, recipes, and neutral technical writing, and it spans everyday cooking to formal manufacturing discussions.
Variants and close terms
- 原料 (genryou) raw materials
- 食材 (shokuzai) ingredients for cooking
- 資材 (shizai) supplies or materials for equipment
Composition
- 材: wood, material
- 料: fee, material
- Together they denote the materials or ingredients used to create something
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Noun (名詞)
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