Translation guide
The process of taking in and using food for health and growth, or the scientific study of this.
Referring to the intake of nutrients and its effect on health.
The most common and general term for nutrition, covering both the nutrients themselves and the process of nourishing the body.
バランスの良い栄養を取ることが大切です。
It's important to get balanced nutrition.
この食事は栄養が足りない。
This meal lacks nutrition.
Specifically refers to the intake of nutrition, often used in medical or formal contexts.
高齢者の栄養摂取について研究しています。
I'm researching nutrition intake in the elderly.
Referring to the academic field or science of nutrition.
The specific term for the science of nutrition.
彼女は大学で栄養学を専攻しています。
She is majoring in nutrition at university.
Another term for nutritional science, slightly more formal.
栄養科学の進歩は目覚ましい。
Advances in nutrition science are remarkable.
Describing how nutritious a food is.
Refers to the nutritional value of food.
この野菜は栄養価が高い。
This vegetable has high nutritional value.
A common phrase meaning 'to be nutritious'.
納豆は栄養がある食べ物です。
Natto is a nutritious food.
A casual, emphatic way to say 'full of nutrition'.
このスープは栄養たっぷりだよ。
This soup is packed with nutrition.
栄養 (eiyou) is the general term for nutrition as a concept or nutrients. 栄養学 (eiyougaku) specifically means the science or study of nutrition. Use 栄養 for everyday talk about food and health, and 栄養学 when referring to the academic field.
栄養について勉強しています。
I'm studying about nutrition (in general).
栄養学を勉強しています。
I'm studying nutrition science.