栄えい養よう素そ

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Meanings

noun

nutrient

Refers to a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life. Common in nutritional and biological contexts.

野や菜さいには多おおくの栄えい養よう素そが含ふくまれている。
Vegetables contain many nutrients.
この食しょく品ひんは必ひっ須す栄えい養よう素そをバランスよく含ふくんでいる。
This food contains essential nutrients in a well-balanced manner.

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Usage patterns

〈栄えい養よう素そ〉を摂せっ取しゅするto take in / ingest a nutrient
野や菜さいからビタミンなどの栄えい養よう素そを摂せっ取しゅする。
You take in nutrients like vitamins from vegetables.
〈栄えい養よう素そ〉が不ふ足そくするfor a nutrient to be lacking/deficient
偏かたよった食しょく事じは栄えい養よう素そが不ふ足そくしやすい。
An unbalanced diet tends to lack nutrients.
〈栄えい養よう素そ〉を含ふくむto contain a nutrient
この食しょく品ひんは多おおくの栄えい養よう素そを含ふくんでいる。
This food contains many nutrients.

Kanji

栄flourish, prosperity, honor
養foster, bring up, rear
素elementary, principle, naked

Related words

栄えい養ようN3
栄養 is the broad concept of nutrition or nourishment, while 栄養素 refers to a specific substance (like protein or vitamin) that provides it.
ビタミンN3
栄養素 is the broad term for any nutrient the body needs, while ビタミン refers specifically to vitamins, one type of 栄養素.
養よう分ぶんN2
栄養素 is the more scientific term for an individual nutrient category (e.g. protein, vitamins), while 養分 is the everyday word for the nourishing content in soil, food, or organisms.

Word family

反はん栄えい養よう素そ
antinutrient

Built from

栄えい養よう+素そ

Etymology

Compound of 栄養 (nutrition) and 素 (element, factor). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'nutrient'.