ベンジン
Meanings
1
Loanword for gasoline or petrol. For ordinary car fuel in modern Japanese, ガソリン is usually the more common everyday word, while ベンジン may appear in translated, technical, or older-sounding contexts.
from German Benzin
The old manual says to use gasoline as fuel.
In that document, benzine is described as fuel for automobiles.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉をベンジンで落とすto remove (a stain) with benzine
I removed the stain on the sweater with benzine.