燃もゆる水みずMeanings1expressionpetroleumarchaicArchaic term for petroleum, literally 'burning water'. Not used in modern Japanese; the modern word is 石油 (せきゆ).古こ文ぶん書しょには「燃もゆる水みず」という言こと葉ばで石せき油ゆが記しるされている。In old documents, petroleum is recorded with the term '燃ゆる水'.
