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えごま油 (えごまあぶら) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

えごま油あぶら

Meanings

1

noun

perilla oil

Oil extracted from perilla (egoma) seeds, used in cooking and traditional medicine.

えごま油あぶらはオメガ3脂し肪ぼう酸さんが豊ほう富ふです。
Perilla oil is rich in omega-3 fatty acids.

Written forms

えごま油
- えごまあぶら
  Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling.
- えごまゆ
エゴマ油
- えごまあぶら
  Katakana spelling for the plant name, common in product labels.
- えごまゆ
荏胡麻油
rarely-used kanji form

えごまあぶら

Rarely used full-kanji form.

えごまゆ

えごまゆ

Kanji

油oil, fat
荏bean, perilla, herb
胡barbarian, foreign
麻hemp, flax, numb

Etymology

Compound of えごま (egoma, 'perilla') + 油 (abura, 'oil').