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飼料 (しりょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

飼し料りょう

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Meanings

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noun

animal feed; fodder

Refers to food prepared or supplied for animals, especially livestock; more technical or industry-oriented than the everyday word 餌.

農のう家かは牛うしに飼し料りょうを与あたえた。
The farmer gave feed to the cattle.
輸ゆ入にゅう飼し料りょうの価か格かくが上あがっている。
The price of imported animal feed is rising.

Kanji

飼domesticate, raise, keep
料fee, materials

Similar words

餌えさ
A more everyday word for food given to animals, pets, fish, or bait; 飼料 is more technical and often refers to feed for livestock.
資し料りょう
A common homophone meaning materials or documents; it is written differently and unrelated in meaning to 飼料.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 飼, associated with raising or feeding animals, and 料, material or provisions; together it denotes material used as feed.