資源

しげん

Resources, natural resources

N3noun·shigen

How to remember it

資 (assets) plus 源 (source) — the source of valuable materials and assets.

Example sentences

  • 天然資源を大切に使おう。

    てんねんしげんをたいせつにつかおう

    Let's use natural resources carefully.

  • 人材は企業の貴重な資源だ。

    じんざいはきぎょうのきちょうなしげんだ

    Human resources are a company's valuable assets.

Usage

Often modified by 天然 (natural) or 人 (human); formal register.

Related words

天然資源資本資料財源

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