How to say "resources" in Japanese

• 資源しげんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe default word for resources in the concrete sense: natural resources, energy, and materials a country or organization can draw on, as in natural or human resources.
  海うみは各種かくしゅの資源しげんを与あたえてくれる。↗

  The ocean affords various kinds of resources.
• 財源ざいげんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers resources specifically as a source of funds or revenue for a project or institution; it is about financing, not materials or talents.
• 機知きちCommon
  nounReally means wit or tact rather than resources in any material sense; it matches 'resources' only in the figurative sense of resourcefulness and quickness of mind.
  機知きちは会話かいわに趣おもむきを添そえる。↗

  Wit gives zest to conversation.
• 資力しりょくCommon
  nounRefers to means or wealth, especially financial capacity; it suits contexts about whether a person or company has the resources to do something.
• 物資ぶっしJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers resources as physical goods, supplies, and commodities, such as relief supplies or war materials; not used for money, talent, or abstract capacities.
  お金かねは物資ぶっしを売買ばいばいしたり、価値かちを測はかったり、富とみを蓄たくわえたりするのに使つかわれる。↗

  Money is used for buying or selling goods, measuring value and storing wealth.

Use 資源 for natural or material resources, 物資 for goods and supplies, 財源 for sources of funding, 資力 for financial means, and 機知 only in the sense of wit, not resources.

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• 資源しげんresources
• 財源ざいげんsource of funds
• 機知きちwit
• 資力しりょくmeans
• 物資ぶっしgoods
• 機略きりゃくresources
• 富力ふりょくwealth
• 知略ちりゃく(great mental) resources
• 富とみresources
• 力ちからmeans