原料|げんりょうgenryou[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounraw materials; ingredient
   日本にっぽんはいろんな原料げんりょうに乏とぼしい。↗

   Japan is lacking in raw materials.

• Synonym材料ざいりょうNeutralCovers any material used to make or cook things, including finished parts; 「原料」 is specifically the raw material that goes into manufacturing another product.
• Synonym素材そざいNeutralUnprocessed raw material or material for creative works, stressing raw texture; 「原料」 leans toward industrial manufacturing.
• Synonym原材料げんざいりょうWrittenWritten term covering both raw materials and materials; often seen on food labels, where 「原料」 is the shorter option.
• SynonymマテリアルWrittenLoanword for 「材料」 or 「素材」, used mostly in design and games.
• Synonym資材しざいWrittenWritten term for supplies and materials needed for construction or production, as in 「建築資材」; 「原料」 is the raw material for manufacturing.
• Antonym製品せいひんNeutralManufactured, finished goods — the counterpart of 「原料」 before processing.
• Antonym成品WrittenA finished product, the opposite of 「原料」; a more written term.

Use 「原料」 for the raw materials used to make a product, as in 「原料を輸入する」 or 「小麦粉はパンの原料」. For materials in general, including finished parts, use 「材料」; on food labels write 「原材料」; construction supplies are 「資材」; the finished product is 「製品」.

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1. 物ものを製造せいぞうするもとになる材料ざいりょう。