ざい
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. wood; lumber; timber
Noun
2. (raw) material; stuff
3. talent; ability; capable person
Kanji used
raw materials
Pitch accent
Top 18900
Used in vocabulary (84 in total)
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
ingredient; foodstuff
Examples (2 in total)
The statue was carved from a block of cherry wood.
Hiroki was at a loss what to do.