Word of the Day: Zairyou 材料 【ざいりょう】 (noun) Ingredients.
Kanji Info: 材 料
Notes: 材 【ざい】 is listed as meaning lumber, talented person, and raw materials by itself. It appears in compounds like 題材【だいざい】 (subject), 人材【じんざい】 (talented person), and 教材【きょうざい】 (teaching materials).
By itself 料【りょう】 means material or fee. 料 appears in several very common words: 料理【りょうり】 (cooking), 授業料【じゅぎょうりょう】 (tuition), 給料【きゅうりょう】 (salary).
