材料

• 読み: ざいりょう
• ローマ字: zairyou
• 漢字の分解: 材 (zai) — material, timber; 料 (ryou) — materials, fee
• 発音: /za.i.ɾʲoː/

意味

Ingredients; materials. Used for cooking ingredients as well as raw materials in general.

A versatile noun that covers both cooking ingredients and craft or construction materials. In a cooking context, it is the standard word for listing what you need for a recipe. Often appears at the top of Japanese recipes under the heading 材料.

例文

1. カレーの材料を買いにスーパーへ行きました。
2. この料理は材料が三つだけで作れます。
3. 材料を全部テーブルの上に準備してください。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, shopping, crafts

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 材 (timber, material) and 料 (fee, materials). Originally referred to raw timber, later broadened to mean any raw material or ingredient.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal