養よう分ぶん

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Meanings

Refers to substances that provide nourishment, especially for plants, soil, or living organisms. Common in agricultural, biological, and dietary contexts.

植しょく物ぶつは土つちから養よう分ぶんを吸きゅう収しゅうする。
Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.
この食しょく品ひんは養よう分ぶんが豊ほう富ふだ。
This food is rich in nutrients.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に養よう分ぶんがあるfor nutrients to be present/contained in something
この土つちには豊ほう富ふな養よう分ぶんが含ふくまれている。
This soil contains abundant nutrients.
養よう分ぶんを吸きゅう収しゅうするto absorb nutrients
植しょく物ぶつは根ねから養よう分ぶんを吸きゅう収しゅうする。
Plants absorb nutrients through their roots.
養よう分ぶんを与あたえるto supply/provide nutrients
肥ひ料りょうは植しょく物ぶつに養よう分ぶんを与あたえる。
Fertilizer supplies nutrients to plants.
養よう分ぶんが不ふ足そくするfor nutrients to be lacking/insufficient
この土ど壌じょうは養よう分ぶんが不ふ足そくしている。
This soil is lacking in nutrients.

Kanji

養foster, bring up, rear
分part, minute of time, segment

Related words

栄えい養ようN3
栄養 is the broader concept of nutrition or the process of nourishing the body, while 養分 refers specifically to the nourishing substances themselves.
栄えい養よう素そ
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.
滋じ養よう
養分 refers to the actual nutrients (often used for plants or soil as well as bodies), whereas 滋養 refers more broadly to the nourishing quality of food for people.

Don't confuse with

肥ひ料りょうN1
肥料 is the fertilizer product added to soil, whereas 養分 is the nutrient content that plants actually absorb, which fertilizer helps supply.

Word family

栄えい養よう分ぶん
nutrient; nutritional content

Etymology

Compound of 養 (nourish) and 分 (component, part). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination transparently conveys 'nourishing component'.