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    3. 取材

    取材

    取しゅ材ざい

    gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.)

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    しゅざい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.), collecting information, covering (an event, incident, etc.), reporting, interview (for a news story)

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    記き者しゃが取しゅ材ざいに来きました。

    A reporter came to gather material.

    KMT2Work & Career
    彼かれは新あたらしい記き事じのために取しゅ材ざいをしています。

    He is gathering material for a new article.

    KMT2Work & Career
    その事じ件けんについて、テレビ局きょくが現げん地ちで取しゅ材ざいを行おこなっています。

    A TV station is conducting interviews on site regarding that incident.

    KMT4Work & Career
    雑ざっ誌しの取しゅ材ざいで、有ゆう名めいなシェフにインタビューしました。

    For a magazine interview, I interviewed a famous chef.

    KMT4Work & CareerFood & Dining
    災さい害がい現げん場ばでの取しゅ材ざいは危き険けんが伴ともないます。

    Reporting at a disaster site involves danger.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    取
    と.る・と.り・と.り-・とり・-ど.り…(2)
    take・fetch・take up
    材
    lumber・log・timber・wood・materials…(2)
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