試料|しりょうshiryou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounsample; specimen; test piece

• Synonym検体けんたいNeutralLeans toward medical and pathology usage: blood, urine and other specimens taken for testing, or more broadly whatever is the object of an examination or analysis.
• Synonym標本ひょうほんNeutralPreserved real specimens of animals, plants and minerals, or a typical example; the stress is on keeping and displaying the actual thing.
• SynonymサンプルNeutralColloquial loanword with the widest range of uses: product samples, free samples, display models. The everyday word, where 「試料」 sounds too technical.
• Synonym試験片しけんへんWrittenWritten/formal mechanical-engineering term: a small piece made specially, or cut from the real thing, to test a material's properties.
• Related見本みほんNeutralA sample put out so people can judge the quality, or a model to follow; the focus is on showing something.

For substances used in chemical analysis or experiments, use 「試料」 — a science-leaning term like 「土壌試料」. Medical specimens are 「検体」; product samples 「サンプル」 or 「見本」; preserved specimens 「標本」; material-test pieces 「試験片」.

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1. 試験しけんや検査けんさなどに供きょうされる物質ぶっしつ。