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材料

Ingredients

Meaning

Ingredients, Material

Word Type

noun

Explanation

You have to pay a fee for the material you use to make food. Those are the ingredients you're paying for! Imagine making a list of all of the materials you need to make a stew, then making sure you have enough to pay the fees, so you'll have all the ingredients you need to make it.

Reading

ざいりょう

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 材料がそろう

    to have all the ingredients

    材料がある

    there are ingredients

    材料が要る

    to need ingredients

  • 材料になる

    to become ingredients

    材料にする

    to make into ingredients

    材料に使う

    to use as ingredients

  • 材料を用いる

    to utilize ingredients

    材料を使用する

    to prepare ingredients

    材料を使う

    to use ingredients

  • 材料と見なす

    to consider to be ingredients

    材料とする

    to treat as ingredients

    材料となる

    to become ingredients

Context Sentences

材料は何ですか？

What are the ingredients?

材料の二倍の水を入れてください。

Please pour two parts water for one part of the ingredient.

ウドンの材料って、これだけなんですか！？

Are these all the ingredients for udon?!

Kanji Composition