Refers especially to liquid oil, including vegetable oil, petroleum-based oil, and lubricating oil. For animal fat or grease, 脂 is often used instead.
See also: 脂 (あぶら)
フライパンに油を少し引く。
Put a little oil in the frying pan.
この機械には定期的に油を差す必要がある。
This machine needs to be oiled regularly.
I deep-fried vegetables in oil to make tempura.
I oiled the frying pan before cooking the meat.
The car ran out of oil and started making a strange noise.
While I was frying food, hot oil spattered and I got burned.
salad oil; vegetable oil
rape plant; oilseed rape; Brassica campestris
large brown cicada; Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata
oil dealer; oil merchant
rapeseed oil; canola oil
camellia oil; tea seed oil
aphid; plant louse · cockroach · Japanese house bat · hanger-on; parasite (person) · looker (in red-light district)
pomade; hair oil
hair oil; camellia oil; rape oil · kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
pomade mixed with lampblack
oil bottle; hair oil container · oilcup; oil cup · font; oil lamp font
fat greenling; Hexagrammos otakii · salamander
greenling (Northern Japan) · medaka ricefish (Kochi)
oil-soaked cloth; oily rag · oilskin; oilcloth
medieval trade guild for perilla oil
Japanese tungoil tree; Vernicia cordata