JapanLingo

材料ざいりょう

zairyou

ingredients / materials

N3

How to remember this word

Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “ingredients” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 材料 to that exact scene.

Example sentences

Example 1

karee no zairyou o kai ni ikimasu.

I am going to buy ingredients for curry.

Example 2

zairyou ga atarashii to, ryouri no aji ga zenzen chigaimasu.

When the ingredients are fresh, the taste of the dish is completely different.