Illustration: At a small oil field in rural Niigata, a technician in protective workwear examines a sealed glass sample jar containing thick, dark petroleum. Behind her, a pumpjack operates over the wellhead, with pipes leading toward a closed collection tank.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

原げん油ゆ

gen'yu

crude oil

Example sentences

  1. その油井ゆせいはたくさんの原油げんゆを産出さんしゅつする。

    The well delivers a great deal of oil.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この数字すうじは原油げんゆ輸入減ゆにゅうげんを反映はんえいしている。

    This figure is a mirror of the decrease in imports of crude oil.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 原油げんゆは精製せいせいされて多おおくの製品せいひんを産出さんしゅつする。

    When refined, crude oil yields many products.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 原油

  • 原meadow; originalOnゲンKunはら
  • 油oil; fatOnユ・ユウKunあぶら

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