物質
ぶっしつ · busshitsu · JLPT N3 · noun
material
🧱 物質 = thing (物) + quality (質): what a thing is made of
物 (butsu) means thing or object, as in 動物 (animal, a moving thing). 質 (shitsu) means quality or nature, as in 品質 (product quality). Put together, a thing's own nature is its substance or material.