材木

ざいもく

lumber, timber

What does 材木 mean?

材木 is a Japanese noun meaning lumber, timber in English. It is written as 材木 in kanji, ざいもく in hiragana, and zaimoku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

ひろしは材木をひいて板にしています。

Hiroshi is sawing the wood into boards.