素材|そざいsozai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouningredient; (raw) material; resource
   この素材そざいは決けっしてすり減へったりしない。↗

   This material never wears out.
2. noununprocessed timber; raw timber
3. nounsubject matter; topic

• Synonym材料ざいりょうNeutralThe general word for materials used to make or cook things; it also means grounds, evidence or data, while 「素材」 stresses unprocessed raw material or subject matter.
• Synonym原料げんりょうNeutralRaw materials for industrial production, as in 「原料価格」; 「素材」 also covers subject matter for creative work.
• Synonym原材料げんざいりょうNeutralAn umbrella term for raw materials and materials alike, common on food labels; 「素材」 also refers to subject matter.
• SynonymマテリアルNeutralLoanword for material or substance, heard mostly in design and games; 「素材」 is the more everyday choice.
• Synonym資材しざいNeutralMaterials and supplies for construction and industry, as in 「建築資材」; 「素材」 has wider uses.
• SynonymねたCasualColloquial: topics, comedy bits, even sushi toppings; 「素材」 is the more formal word.
• RelatedマチエールWrittenWritten/formal loanword used in art for the texture and surface quality of a work; 「素材」 is much broader.
• Antonym完成品かんせいひんNeutralAlso the antonym of 「素材」 on the processed/unprocessed axis: the completed product.
• Antonym成品NeutralThe opposite of 「素材」 in whether something has been processed: a finished product.

Use 「素材」 for unprocessed raw materials, food ingredients, or subject matter for creative work. For materials in general pick 「材料」, for industrial raw materials 「原料」, and for construction or industrial supplies 「資材」. In casual talk about topics or comedy bits, 「ねた」 fits. The opposite of 「素材」 is 「完成品」.

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1. 美術びじゅつ作品さくひんの材料ざいりょうや、芸術げいじゅつ作品さくひんの題材だいざい。
2. 加工かこう製品せいひんの、比較的ひかくてき原型げんけいに近ちかい状態じょうたいのもの。
3. 原材料げんざいりょう。