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精油所 (seiyusho) Japanese meaning: oil refinery | Kotomora

精せい油ゆ所しょ

Meanings

1

oil refinery

A facility where crude oil is processed into petroleum products.

この地ち域いきには大おおきな精せい油ゆ所しょがある。
There is a large oil refinery in this area.

Kanji

精refined, ghost, fairy
油oil, fat
所place, extent

Don't confuse with

製せい油ゆ所じょ
製油所 (せいゆじょ) refers to a petroleum refinery, while 精油所 (also read せいゆじょ) usually refers to a plant that extracts or refines essential/vegetable oils, despite the identical pronunciation.

Built from

精せい油ゆ+所しょ

Etymology

Compound of 精 (refine), 油 (oil), and 所 (place).