Illustration: At a small oil field in rural Niigata, a technician stands beside a working pumpjack and a sealed collection line. Through a sampling valve, thick dark petroleum flows into a transparent inspection vessel held over a metal catch tray.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

石せき油ゆ

sekiyu

oil, petroleum

Example sentences

  1. この国くにには石油せきゆが乏とぼしい。

    Oil is scarce in this country.

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  2. あの国くには石油せきゆが豊富ほうふだ。

    That country abounds in oil.

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  3. 石油せきゆはタンカーで運はこばれる。

    Oil is transported by tanker.

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Kanji in 石油

  • 石stoneOnセキ・シャク・コクKunいし
  • 油oil; fatOnユ・ユウKunあぶら

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