せきゆ
Meanings
Noun
1. oil; petroleum
2. kerosene; paraffin
Pitch accent
きゆ
Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
oil magnate; oil baron
oil heater; oil stove
oil resources; petroleum resources
petroleum products; petrochemical products
oil crisis
petrochemistry
oil industry; petroleum industry
synthetic oil
oil reserve
oil platform; oil rig
petrochemical industry
British Petroleum; BP
extrication from dependence on oil
oil exploration
peak oil (date when the peak of the world's petroleum production rate is reached)
oil depletion
petroleum wax
synthetic petroleum
petroleum coke
liquefied petroleum gas; LPG
Examples (47 in total)
The price of oil is going up.
Do the trains run on diesel oil?
The world is running out of oil.