原料

げんりょう

raw materials

What does 原料 mean?

原料 is a Japanese noun meaning raw materials in English. It is written as 原料 in kanji, げんりょう in hiragana, and genryou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

日本はいろんな原料に乏しい。

Japan is lacking in raw materials.