How to say "fodder" in Japanese

• 餌えさJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe general word for food given to an animal, covering feed and pet food; use it for feeding animals such as pets, though for livestock feed 飼料 is more specific.
  犬いぬに毎日まいにちえさをあげてください。↗

  Please feed the dog every day.
• 飼料しりょうCommon
  nounFodder and feed for livestock; the term for feed from the standpoint of raising animals, as in farming and agriculture, and the precise match for English 'fodder' in that sense.

Both words cover literal 'fodder' as animal feed: choose 餌 for food you give an animal, pets included, and 飼料 for livestock feed in farming and agriculture.

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• 餌えさ(animal) feed
• 飼料しりょうfodder
• 飼い葉かいばfodder
• 馬草まぐさfodder (for horses or cows)