木材|もくざいmokuzai[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounlumber; timber; wood
   この古ふるい家いえは木材もくざいでできている。↗

   This old house is made of wood.

• Synonym材木ざいもくNeutralWood for building, as in 「材木屋」; more colloquial than 「木材」.
• SynonymウッドNeutralLoanword for wood or a wood-look finish, as in 「ウッド調」; separately, it also names a golf wood (a club).
• Synonym材ざいNeutralCovers wood, raw material, or talent; mostly a suffix as in 「建材」「人材」. Standing alone for wood it leans written.
• Related用材ようざいWrittenWritten/formal word for construction and furniture materials, as in 「建築用材」.
• Related用木ようぼくWrittenWritten/formal term for trees used as building material or implements; rare.

Use 「木材」 as the general term for wood used in building and furniture (「木材加工」). For lumber for construction in speech, 「材木」 is more colloquial. For wood-style interiors, say 「ウッド」. 「材」「用木」「用材」 are written or rare.

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1. 建築物けんちくぶつなどをつくるための材料ざいりょうとする木き。