飼し料りょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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.

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Usage patterns

〈動どう物ぶつ〉に飼し料りょうを与あたえるto give feed to <an animal>
農のう家かは牛うしに飼し料りょうを与あたえている。
The farmer gives feed to the cows.
〈物もの〉を飼し料りょうにするto turn <something> into feed
食しょく品ひん廃はい棄き物ぶつを飼し料りょうにする取とり組くみが進すすんでいる。
Efforts are advancing to turn food waste into animal feed.
飼し料りょうとして使つかうto use (something) as feed
この穀こく物もつは飼し料りょうとして使つかわれている。
This grain is used as animal feed.

Kanji

飼domesticate, raise, keep
料fee, materials

Related words

餌えさN4
餌 is the everyday word for food given to pets, fish, or bait, while 飼料 is the more technical term used for feed given to livestock in agriculture.
牧ぼく草そう
飼料 is the general word for animal feed of any kind (grain, hay, mixed feed), whereas 牧草 refers specifically to the grass itself.

Don't confuse with

資し料りょうN4
資料 is a common homophone meaning documents or materials, completely unrelated in meaning to 飼料, which means animal feed.

Word family

粗そ飼し料りょう
roughage; coarse feed
濃のう厚こう飼し料りょう
concentrated feed; concentrated fodder

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.