食 用 油(しょくようゆ)

しょくようゆ

noun

cooking oil; edible oil

1. cooking oil; edible oil

Oil used for cooking and food preparation, including vegetable oil, sesame oil, olive oil, and other oils safe for consumption.

食用油(しょくようゆ)を買(か)い忘(わす)れた。

I forgot to buy cooking oil.

The price of cooking oil is going up.

Please dispose of used cooking oil properly.

A general term for any oil used in cooking, named for its use rather than its source; on labels and in news. At home people simply say 油(あぶら).

植物油(しょくぶつゆ): vegetable oil; named by its source, and includes oils not used for food

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Added 2026.3.24 20:24 · Revised 2026.10.8 9:43

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