材料(ざいりょう)

ざいりょう
noun
materials, ingredients
cookingcreation
1. materials, ingredients
Raw substances used to make something.
料理(りょうり)の材料(ざいりょう)
Cooking ingredients.
材料(ざいりょう)を集(あつ)める。
To gather materials.
材料(ざいりょう)を買(か)いに店(みせ)に行(い)った。
I went to the store to buy ingredients.
The ingredients for cake are flour, eggs, and sugar.
All the materials needed to build the new building were sourced domestically.
2. subject matter, material (for writing, etc.)
Content or topics used for creating something.
話(はなし)の材料(ざいりょう)
Material for conversation.
To gather material for a novel.
This incident became news material.
I gathered various materials to write this article.
He uses his travel experiences as material and has written many interesting works.

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