油(あぶら) あぶら noun oil 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. 自転車(じてんしゃ)のチェーンに油(あぶら)をさした。 I oiled the bicycle chain. 油(あぶら)が切(き)れているので動(うご)きが悪(わる)い。 It's not moving well because it's out of oil. 油(あぶら) refers to oil, primarily cooking oil.COMMON PATTERNS:油(あぶら)で揚(あ)げる (deep-fry in oil)油(あぶら)を引(ひ)く (add oil to a pan)油(あぶら)っこい (oily, greasy)油(あぶら)を売(う)る (idle away time - idiom)KANJI NOTE:油(あぶら): oil (general, cooking)脂(あぶら): fat (from animals, body fat)RELATED WORDS:サラダ油(あぶら) (salad oil)ごま油(あぶら) (sesame oil)オリーブオイル (olive oil) general Added 2026.1.9 20:57 · Revised 2026.5.17 4:11 01500/01693_abura