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原材料 (genzairyou) Japanese meaning: raw materials | Kotomora
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All the raw materials for this product are domestically produced.
Please check the ingredient list on the food product.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 原げん 材ざい 料りょう とする to use 〈thing〉 as a raw material
This bread uses flour as its raw material.
原げん 材ざい 料りょう を 輸ゆ 入にゅう する to import raw materials
The factory imports its raw materials from overseas.
原げん 材ざい 料りょう が 不ふ 足そく する for raw materials to run short
There is a shortage of raw materials for semiconductors.
原げん 材ざい 料りょう の 価か 格かく が 上あ がる for the price of raw materials to rise
Recently, the prices of raw materials have been rising.
Kanji 原 meadow, original, primitive Related words 原料 usually refers to raw, unprocessed natural resources, while 原材料 covers both raw and processed inputs used in manufacturing.
材料 is a broad term for materials or ingredients in any context (cooking, construction, data), whereas 原材料 specifically means the basic substances that become part of a manufactured product.
Etymology Compound of 原 (げん, 'original, raw'), 材 (ざい, 'material'), and 料 (りょう, 'material, ingredient'). The combination emphasizes the fundamental materials used in production.
