Illustration: Inside a neighborhood tofu workshop, a worker scoops soaked soybeans from a large basin into a grinder. A clear view along the workbench connects the beans with a vessel of freshly extracted soy milk and a wooden pressing mold holding a finished white tofu block.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

原げん料りょう

genryou

raw material, ingredient

Example sentences

日本にっぽんはいろんな原料げんりょうに乏とぼしい。
Japan is lacking in raw materials.
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日本にっぽんは原料げんりょうを輸入ゆにゅうに頼たよっている。
Japan depends on imports for raw materials.
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その船ふねは原料げんりょうをインドネシアから輸送ゆそうしている。
The ship transports raw materials from Indonesia.
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Kanji in 原料

原meadow; originalOnゲンKunはら
料fee; materialsOnリョウ

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