栄養・営養|えいようeiyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounnutrition; nourishment
   この魚さかなは安やすくてしかも栄養えいようがある。↗

   This fish is inexpensive but nourishing.

• Synonym栄養分えいようぶんNeutralThe nutrients themselves, as in 「栄養分を吸収する」; more concrete than 「栄養」 and does not cover the act of taking them in.
• Synonym滋養じようWrittenThings that nourish the body, e.g. 「滋養のある食べ物」 or 「滋養強壮」; carries a stronger written-prose flavor than 「栄養」.
• Synonym養分ようぶんNeutralNutrients taken in by living things, as in 「土の養分」; often said of plants, and focuses more on the components than 「栄養」.
• Synonym養いやしないWrittenA native-Japanese word covering both bringing up and nourishment, as in 「心の養い」; for nutrition in everyday speech use 「栄養」.
• Synonym滋養分じようぶんWrittenA rare, written-style word for the nourishing components in food and drink; in everyday use say 「栄養分」.
• Related栄養素えいようそNeutralSpecific nutrients such as protein, as in 「五大栄養素」; leans scientific, while 「栄養」 is the general, all-purpose term.
• Related栄養物えいようぶつNeutralNutritious food or the nutrients it contains; little used in daily life, where 「栄養」 is the more versatile choice.

Use 「栄養」 as the general term. For the specific components say 「栄養分」 or, in scientific contexts, 「栄養素」; for plant nutrients, 「養分」; for nourishing food in written style, 「滋養」.

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1. 生物せいぶつが生命せいめいを維持いじし活動かつどうするのに必要ひつような成分せいぶんなどを体外たいがいから取り入とりいれる働はたらき。また、その成分せいぶん。