養分|ようぶんyoubun[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounnutrient; nourishment

• Synonym栄養分えいようぶんNeutralNearly interchangeable with 「養分」 for nutrients, for people or plants alike, as in 「栄養分を吸収する」.
• Synonym滋養じようWrittenWritten word for nourishment, as in 「滋養に富む食べ物」 or 「滋養強壮」; stresses nourishing and building up the body.
• Synonym栄養えいようNeutralThe most general word for nutrition, as in 「栄養バランス」; covers both the nutrients and the process of taking them in.
• Synonym栄養素えいようそNeutralNutrients as units of nutrition science, as in 「五大栄養素」; mostly a technical term.
• Synonym滋養分じようぶんWrittenWritten register for nutrients in food; rare in everyday use — say 「栄養分」 instead.
• Related栄養物えいようぶつNeutralFood rich in nutrients; rare — everyday speech prefers 「栄養のあるもの」.

For nutrients themselves — in food, soil, or plants — use 「養分」 or 「栄養分」 (「根から養分を吸う」「養分を補う」). For nutrition in general use 「栄養」, for nutrients in nutrition science 「栄養素」, and 「滋養」 for nourishment that builds the body.

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1. 栄養えいようとなる成分せいぶん。栄養分えいようぶん。