What does 食材 mean?
食材 is a Japanese noun meaning “foodstuff; ingredient” in English. It is written as 食材 in kanji, しょくざい in hiragana, and shokuzai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
来る途中、お店に寄って食材を買って来たんです。備えあれば憂いなし、です。
On the way we dropped in at the shops and bought foodstuffs. They say well prepared means no worries.