せきゆ
Meanings
Noun
1. 原油のこと。地下から産出する化石燃料で、炭化水素が主成分の液状の油。
2. 原油から分留によって精製されたもの。ガソリン、灯油、軽油、重油などがある。一般家庭での暖房などにおいては、灯油を指して石油と言うことが多い。
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.