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材料
zairyou
Description
「材料」は、何かを作るときに使うもとになるものです。
"材料" are the basic things used when making something.
料理の材料だけでなく、考えるための情報という意味でも使います。
"材料" is used not only for cooking ingredients but also to mean information for thinking.
Meanings
材料zairyou
materials, ingredients used to make something
ケーキの材料を買いに行きます。
I'm going to buy ingredients for the cake.
材料zairyou
information or data used as a basis for judgment
それは判断する材料になります。
That will be material for making a judgment.
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Notes
- Etymology
材 (timber, material) + 料 (materials, fee); together meaning raw materials for making things.
- Nuance
材料 is concrete parts you use; 素材 stresses the raw substance itself.
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