1.
oilpaper; oiled paper
Paper treated with oil to make it water-resistant. Traditionally used to wrap goods, line umbrellas and raincoats, and keep out moisture before plastics became common.
油紙で包む。
To wrap something in oilpaper.
昔の傘は油紙で作られていた。
Umbrellas in the old days were made from oilpaper.
大切な書類を油紙に包んで湿気から守った。
I wrapped the important documents in oilpaper to protect them from moisture.
Paper soaked or coated with drying oil so that it repels water. Once everywhere in daily life—on 番傘 (traditional umbrellas), raincoats, and packaging—it is now largely replaced by plastic and vinyl.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 油紙で包む: to wrap in oilpaper
- 油紙に火がつく: oilpaper catches fire — also an idiom for someone who talks on and on once they get started
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 蝋紙: waxed paper — coated with wax rather than oil
- ビニール: vinyl — the modern waterproof material that replaced oilpaper