material

/məˈtɪriəl/

意味: 材料、物質

例文: Haruki collected rare crafting material.
　　  ハルキが珍しい素材を集めた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: raw material(原材料), building material(建築材料), teaching material(教材)

定義: 物質や物体のことを指します。何かを作るために使われるものです。例えば、木や金属、布などが含まれます。また、情報やデータなど、物理的でないものも「material」と呼ばれることがあります。

materialは約10,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Noun: information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
Noun: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
Noun: things needed for doing or making something
Noun: a person judged suitable for admission or employment
Adjective: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
Adjective: derived from or composed of matter
Adjective: directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
Adjective: concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; ; – T.Roosevelt
Adjective: having material or physical form or substance; – Benjamin Jowett
Adjective: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; ; ; – Shakespeare

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The material is strong enough for outdoor use.(その素材は屋外使用に十分強い。)
She chose a soft material for the curtains.(彼女はカーテンに柔らかい素材を選んだ。)
We need more material to finish the project.(プロジェクトを完成させるには素材がもっと必要だ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: coal is a hard black material
Noun: wheat is the stuff they use to make bread
Noun: the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography
Noun: the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent
Noun: woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC
Noun: she measured off enough material for a dress
Noun: writing materials
Noun: useful teaching materials
Noun: he was university material
Noun: she was vice-presidential material
Adjective: material possessions
Adjective: material wealth
Adjective: material comforts
Adjective: the material universe
Adjective: his support made a material difference
Adjective: evidence material to the issue at hand
Adjective: facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts
Adjective: a material witness
Adjective: material needs
Adjective: the moral and material welfare of all good citizens
Adjective: that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible
Adjective: the substantial world
Adjective: a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical
Adjective: most ponderous and substantial things

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): cloth, corporeal, fabric, material, real, stuff, substantial, textile

Antonyms(反意語): immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): applicant, artifact, equipment, information, substance

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): activator, americana, ammunition, anachronism, antiquity, apparatus, article, aspirant, atom, automation, bidder, block, body substance, building material, button, chemical element, chemistry, claimant, commodity, cone, confirmation, cooling system, course of study, covering, creation, database, decker, decoration, details, electrical system, electronic equipment, electroplate, element, essence, evidence, excavation, extra, fabric, facility, fact, factoid, fixture, float, fluid, format, fuel system, game equipment, gear, gen, insert, insider information, instrumentality, intelligence, job candidate, layer, lemon, life-support system, line, marker, material, materiel, medium, misinformation, mixture, mystification, naval equipment, news, nuts and bolts, opening, padding, paving, petitioner, phlogiston, photographic equipment, plaything, possible, probable, propaganda, protoplasm, radiotherapy equipment, readout, ready-made, recorder, report card, rescue equipment, restoration, robotics equipment, satellite, secret, sheet, skinny, sphere, sports equipment, square, squeaker, stock-in-trade, strip, structure, stuff, submitter, substrate, surface, tabulation, teaching aid, test equipment, thing, track, volatile, way, weight

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): aba, abrasive, acrylic, adhesive material, aertex, aggregate, alpaca, ammunition, animal material, atom, baize, ballast, basket weave, batik, batiste, bedding material, belting, bimetal, bombazine, boucle, broadcloth, brocade, buckram, builder, bunting, calico, cambric, camel’s hair, camlet, camouflage, canopy, canvas, cashmere, cerecloth, challis, chambray, chemical, chenille, chiffon, chino, chintz, coating, cobweb, coloring material, composite material, conductor, contaminant, copy, cord, cotton, cotton flannel, crepe, cretonne, crinoline, damask, denim, detritus, diamagnet, diamante, diaper, dimity, discharge, doeskin, drapery, duck, duffel, dust, earth, elastic, elastomer, etamine, faille, felt, fiber, filling, flannel, flannelette, fleece, floccule, fluff, foam, foulard, frieze, fustian, gabardine, georgette, gingham, grogram, grosgrain, haircloth, hazmat, herringbone, homespun, homogenate, hopsacking, horsehair, humate, impregnation, insulator, jaconet, jacquard, khadi, khaki, knit, lace, lame, leatherette, linen, linsey-woolsey, lint, lisle, mackinaw, mackintosh, madras, marseille, metallic, mineral, mohair, moire, moleskin, monk’s cloth, moquette, moreen, motley, mousseline de sole, muslin, nankeen, net, ninon, nylon, oilcloth, olive drab, organza, packaging, packing material, paisley, panting, paper, particulate, pepper-and-salt, percale, permanent press, piece of cloth, pilot cloth, pina cloth, pinstripe, pique, plant material, plush, polyester, pongee, poplin, precursor, print, quilting, radioactive material, railing, raw material, rayon, rehash, rep, rind, rock, roofing, sackcloth, sacking, sailcloth, samite, sateen, satin, satinet, screening, scrim, sealing material, seersucker, serge, shag, shantung, sharkskin, sheeting, shirting, shirttail, silesia, silk, sorbate, sorbent, spandex, sponge cloth, stammel, suede cloth, suiting, swan’s down, taffeta, tammy, tapa, tapestry, tartan, terry, thickening, ticking, toner, toweling, transparent substance, tweed, twill, undercut, upholstery material, velcro, velour, velvet, velveteen, vernix, vicuna, viyella, voile, wad, wash-and-wear, waste, waterproof, web, webbing, whipcord, wincey, wire cloth, wool, worsted, yoke

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: corporeality, materiality, reality, substance, substantiality, substantialness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology, technology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ial

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: