Japanese Jouyou-kanji “油” means “Vegetable oils”, “Mineral oils” or “Essential oils” etc.
Words |
Meanings |
油揚げ(あぶらあげ-a bu ra a ge) |
① Deep‐fried tofu, ② Frying in oil, Deep-fried food |
油汗 or 脂汗(あぶらあせ-a bu ra a se) |
Cold sweat, Greasy sweat |
油絵(あぶらえ-a bu ra e) |
Oil painting |
油が切れる(あぶらがきれる-a bu ra ga ki re ru) |
① To run out of oil, To need lubrication, ② To run out of energy |
油粕(あぶらかす-a bu ra ka su) |
Oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs) |
脂が乗る(あぶらがのる-a bu ra ga no ru) |
① To get into the swing of (one’s work), To hit one’s stride, ② To put on fat for the winter (for a fish or bird) |
油菜(あぶらな-a bu ra na) |
Rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris), Wild turnip |
油に水(あぶらにみず-a bu ra ni mi zu) |
Incompatible, (Going together) like oil and water |
油虫(あぶらむし-a bu ra mu shi) |
① Cockroach, ② Plant louse, Aphid, Ant-cow, ③ Hanger-on, Dependant |
油を売る(あぶらをうる-a bu ra wo u ru) |
To loaf (particularly on the job), To idle one’s time awa, To dawdle |
油を搾る or 油を絞る(あぶらをしぼる-a bu ra wo shi bo ru) |
To reprimand severely, To give a sound scolding, To tell someone off, To scold, To rebuke |
油圧器(ゆあつき-yu a tsu ki) |
Hydraulic equipment, Oil‐pressure gauge |
油然(ゆうぜん-yu u ze n) |
Gushingly, Freely (welling up), Copiously |
油々(ゆうゆう-yu u yu u) |
① Being graceful, ② Plants growing vigorously and splendidly, ③ Calmly flowing water, ④ Calm and peaceful |
油煙(ゆえん-yu e n) |
Soot, Lamp soot, Lamp black |
Comments