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頁岩油 (ketsuganyu) Japanese meaning: shale oil | Kotomora

頁けつ岩がん油ゆ

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つ

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ん

ゆ

Meanings

1

shale oil

Technical term for oil extracted from shale rock.

頁けつ岩がん油ゆは非ひ在ざい来らい型がた石せき油ゆ資し源げんの一ひとつである。

Kanji

頁page, leaf
岩boulder, rock, cliff
油oil, fat

Etymology

Compound of 頁岩 (けつがん, 'shale') and 油 (ゆ, 'oil').

Shale oil is one of the unconventional petroleum resources.