油(あぶら)

あぶら
noun
oil
foodtransportation
See also: 脂(あぶら) (fat, grease (脂))
1. oil (cooking, vegetable)
Liquid fat used for cooking, typically from plants.
油(あぶら)で揚(あ)げました。
I deep-fried it in oil.
油(あぶら)を引(ひ)いてください。
Please add oil (to the pan).
油(あぶら)を売(う)る。
To slack off. (lit: sell oil)
Idiomatic expression
2. oil, petroleum
General term for oily substances, including machine oil.
機械(きかい)に油(あぶら)をさす。
To oil a machine.
I oiled the bicycle chain.
It's not moving well because it's out of oil.

油(あぶら) refers to oil, primarily cooking oil.

Common patterns

Writing

  • 油(あぶら): oil (general, cooking)
  • 脂(あぶら): fat (from animals, body fat)

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