取材【しゅざい】
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.), collecting information, covering (an event, incident, etc.), reporting, interview (for a news story)
材料【ざいりょう】
materials, ingredients, material (for a novel, experiment, etc.), subject matter, grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.), basis, evidence, data, (market) factor
食材【しょくざい】
foodstuff, ingredient
素材【そざい】
ingredient, (raw) material, resource, unprocessed timber, raw timber, subject matter, topic
人材【じんざい】
capable person, talented person, human resources, personnel
木材【もくざい】
lumber, timber, wood
材木【ざいもく】
wood (for building), lumber, timber
教材【きょうざい】
teaching materials
機材【きざい】
machine parts, machinery, equipment
資材【しざい】
(raw) material
題材【だいざい】
subject, theme
鋼材【こうざい】
steel material
原材料【げんざいりょう】
raw materials, ingredients
材質【ざいしつ】
material, material properties, quality of material, quality of wood, quality of lumber
建材【けんざい】
building material
石材【せきざい】
(building) stone
器材【きざい】
tools and materials, equipment and materials
廃材【はいざい】
scrap wood, waste wood, waste, waste material, scrap material
逸材【いつざい】
outstanding talent, person of exceptional talent, gifted person
適材適所【てきざいてきしょ】
the right person in the right place
