Illustration: At a small woodworking cooperative in a Japanese mountain town, neatly stacked timber fills a covered storage bay beside the workshop. A carpenter draws one board from the supply while an apprentice steadies the remaining stack.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

資し源げん

shigen

resources

Example sentences

  1. 海うみは各種かくしゅの資源しげんを与あたえてくれる。

    The ocean affords various kinds of resources.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 地球ちきゅうの資源しげんは限かぎられている。

    The resources of the earth are limited.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 水みずと森もりと鉱物こうぶつは重要じゅうような自然しぜんの資源しげんです。

    Water, forests, and minerals are important natural resources.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 資源

  • 資assets; resourcesOnシ
  • 源source; originOnゲンKunみなもと

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