材 (ざい) — material, timber, talent

材ざい material

Frequency #2046 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 4 1 character noun

zai

ざい

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. ざい[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

material
timber
talent

Explained in simple Japanese

ものをつくるときにつかうもの。
やくにたつちからをもった人(ひと)。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

ざい材 lumber

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Words with 材 (17)

取(しゅ)材(ざい) shuzai news gathering 人(じん)材(ざい) jinzai human resources 材(ざい)料(りょう) zairyou material 素(そ)材(ざい) sozai material 教(きょう)材(ざい) kyouzai teaching materials 食(しょく)材(ざい) shokuzai food ingredient 題(だい)材(ざい) daizai subject matter 木(もく)材(ざい) mokuzai lumber

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Meanings

Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 材 (17)

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