VocabJLPT N3
materials
Noun

Definitions

  1. 1. materials
  2. 2. ingredients
  3. 3. material (for a novel, experiment, etc.)
  4. 4. grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.)
This word means "ingredients" or "materials," referring to the components needed to make something. It is commonly used in cooking to list recipe ingredients, or in construction and crafts to mean raw materials.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

I feel like I bought way too many ingredients!

Sentence 2

Honestly, we don't have much to go on with just this information, do we?

Sentence 3

"If we don't have the ingredients, let's just make something else," my sister said.

Sentence 4

He said "that rumor is no basis for a decision."

Sentence 5

I think what we've got at home should be enough, right?