取しゅ材ざい源げん

noun

news source; source of information

Used in journalism and reporting contexts for the person, document, or entity that provides information for a news article or report.

• 記き者しゃは取しゅ材ざい源げんを明あかさなかった。

  The reporter did not reveal the source of the information.

• 信しん頼らいできる取しゅ材ざい源げんから情じょう報ほうを得えた。

  We obtained the information from a reliable source.