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石油タンカー (せきゆタンカー) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

石せき油ゆタンカー

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Meanings

1

noun

oil tanker

Refers to a ship designed to transport crude oil or petroleum products.

石せき油ゆタンカーが港みなとに入はいってきた。
An oil tanker came into the port.

Kanji

石stone
油

oil, fat

Similar words

タンカー
A general tanker ship; 石油タンカー specifies it carries oil.
油ゆ槽そう船せん
A more formal or technical term for an oil tanker, less common in everyday speech.

Etymology

Compound of 石油 (sekiyu, 'oil') and タンカー (tankā, from English 'tanker').