Keyword
oil
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1188
Readings
(65%)
ゆう
(8%)
Composed of
water drops
reason
Used in vocabulary (430 in total)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
soy sauce; shoyu
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
be on your guard!; take care!
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
oil painting
soy sauce; shoyu
pomade; balm; perfumed oil
aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food
to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
incompatible; (going together) like oil and water
one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...
don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
oil paper; oiled paper
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
to deep-fry in oil
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
crude oil
heavy oil; fuel oil
oil field
(adding) fuel to the fire
oil pressure; hydraulics
permanent marker
oil-based
refueling (car, plane, etc.); lubricating (a machine); oiling
salad oil
oil content
oil magnate; oil baron
(Chinese) chili oil; chile oil; chilli oil
essential oil; volatile oil; refined oil
alertly; vigilantly; warily; diligently; attentively
fat; fats and oils
to oil (e.g. chains, hinges, etc.)
oil painting
greasy; fatty; oily
oil stain; grease stain
to oil (e.g. a frying pan); to grease
oil heater; oil stove
diesel oil; gas oil; light oil
oil dealer; oil merchant
soy sauce; shoyu
oil bottle (esp. for hair oil); oilcup; font (in an oil lamp)
oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils
soy sauce ramen; soy ramen; ramen in clear brown broth flavored with soy sauce
oil film; oil slick
greasy; fatty; oily
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils
cold sweat; greasy sweat
be on your guard!; take care!
oil-producing countries (nations)
rapeseed oil; canola oil
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to press oil
lamp soot (smoke)
to oil (e.g. chains, hinges, etc.)
shoji with an oil-treated screen (for increased water resistance)
oil peddler; lazy person
aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food
to become greasy; to be oil-stained
butter and soy sauce
tung oil; (Chinese) wood oil
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
oiliness; greasiness
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to press oil
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
fried food; frying food
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi
one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...
tea seed oil; camellia oil
waste oil
fried food; frying food
hair oil; hair cream
to become greasy; to be oil-stained
alertly; vigilantly; warily; diligently; attentively
whale oil
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to press oil
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
oil resources; petroleum resources
mixture of soy sauce and vinegar
linseed oil; flaxseed oil
turpentine oil
petroleum products; petrochemical products
soy sauce bottle; soy sauce dispenser; soy sauce cruet
gushingly; freely (welling up); copiously
fish-liver oil (cod, shark, etc.)
oiling; lubrication
sweet soy sauce; sugar with soy sauce
gasoline; petrol; petroleum; benzine; volatile oil
fuel filler opening; tank pipe opening
aerial refueling; in-flight refueling
soy-based sauce
oil bottle (esp. for hair oil); oilcup; font (in an oil lamp)
oil refining
oil-based clay (for modelling, sculpting, etc.)
mint oil; peppermint oil
stir frying; stir-fried food
chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
Chinese-style fried chicken topped with chopped scallions and sweet vinegar and soy sauce
aerial tanker; refueling aircraft
soy sauce flavoured with grated wasabi (used for sashimi, etc.)
sultry weather; slightly overcast, windless, hot and muggy weather
drying oil; linseed oil
air tanker; aerial tanker; airborne refuelling craft
oil expression (extraction)
petrol filling station; gasoline filling station
tamari soy sauce; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
castor oil
oily (face, hair, food, etc.); persistent (person, personality, etc.); insistent
thin soy sauce; light soy sauce
rapeseed oil; canola oil
oil pressure gauge
oiling; oiling brush
fuel oil; fuel
oil barrel; oil cask
pomade; pomatum; hair oil
dark soy sauce; regular soy sauce
oil deflector; shallow tray with rack for draining food after deep frying
extreme unction
oil industry; petroleum industry
(Chinese) chili oil; chile oil; chilli oil
youtiao; deep-fried dough; Chinese cruller; Chinese fried churro
anointing
castor oil
ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
typically Japanese face
plaster; patch; ointment; liniment
to be robbed of one's due; (lit.) to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite
keep going; hang in there; go for it; (lit.) add oil
sunflower oil
turpentine oil
excavator; power shovel; digger
oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs)
incompatible; (going together) like oil and water
vegetable fats and oils
oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs); deep-fried meat (esp. beef offal) resembling a pork rind
oleophilic; lipophilic
soy-based sauce
back fat; fatty upper part of roast pork
getting oil; extraction of oil (e.g. from seeds); drilling for oil
coconut oil
tamari soy sauce; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
blotting sheet (as a cosmetic aid for removing oils and make up); blotting paper; oil absorbing sheet; oil absorbing paper
flame of an oil lamp
oil bottle (esp. for hair oil); oilcup; font (in an oil lamp)
pilchard oil; sardine oil
rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)
drop of oil
tanker; military refueling vessel
go; soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk)
greasy; fatty; oily
medieval trade guild specialized in perilla oil
skilfish (Erilepis zonifer); skil
mint oil; peppermint oil
(lubricating) oil; oiling a machine
color of rapeseed oil; clear yellow with a red tinge
thin soy sauce; light soy sauce
lamp soot (smoke)
soy-based sauce
hydrogenated oil; hardened oil
horse oil; extract of horse subcutaneous fat, used in cosmetics and traditional medicine
oilcan box; wooden box approx. 37x52x25cm holding two cans of kerosene or oil
oyster sauce
canola oil; rapeseed oil
Kanemi rice oil disease (of 1968); Kanemi oil PCB poisoning
hydraulic equipment
stone with oil-like lustre (luster); coal; charcoal
fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii); salamander
dark soy sauce; regular soy sauce
tea seed oil; camellia oil
pomade; pomatum; hair oil
butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom
low-salt soy sauce (containing less than 9% salt)
Japanese tungoil tree (Vernicia cordata)
droplet of oil floating on water
oil-based (or greasy) medicine
oil paint; oil-based paint
rice-bran oil
mineral oil
chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
mustard oil
sunflower oil
oil immersion
oiled multi-layered paper sheet used to sit or sleep on (during the summer); oiled-paper cushion; wax-cloth
orange-peel oil
oil palm (esp. the African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis)
fatty oil
hydraulic oil; hydraulic fluid
(as used in Northern Japan) greenling; (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish
Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
zinc oxide oil
coconut oil
gutter oil; recycled waste oil sold illicitly in China as a cheaper alternative to cooking oil
soy sauce; shoyu
butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom
greasy; fatty; oily
oil sands; tar sands; bituminous sands
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
tea seed oil; camellia oil
soy-based sauce
linseed oil; flaxseed oil
soy sauce flavoured with grated wasabi (used for sashimi, etc.)
stir frying; stir-fried food
sultry weather; slightly overcast, windless, hot and muggy weather
oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs)
oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs)
Brassicaceae (family of flowering plants comprising the mustards)
fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii); salamander
fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii); salamander
oil deflector; shallow tray with rack for draining food after deep frying
blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus); striped shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)
to be robbed of one's due; (lit.) to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite
to be robbed of one's due; (lit.) to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite
greasy; fatty; oily
Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
Amur minnow (Phoxinus logowskii steindachneri)
perfumed hair oil
Parabenzoin praecox
low-salt soy sauce (containing less than 9% salt)
droplet of oil floating on water
Japanese pipistrelle (Pipistrellus abramus); Japanese house bat
spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
yusho (disease caused by PCB ingestion)
British Petroleum; BP
the oil and fat industry
an oil stratum
oil concession; drilling rights
rice-bran oil
cottonseed oil
extrication from dependence on oil
spot (marketed) crude oil
safflower oil
boiled oil
machine oil
eucalyptus oil
Turkey red oil
oil painting look (on processed photographs, etc.)
perilla oil
fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
oil tight (seal, joint, etc.)
gasoline tax; gasoline excise
oil impregnation; oil-bearing; oil-containing
oil-retaining bearing
fragrant oil; essential oil
peak oil (date when the peak of the world's petroleum production rate is reached)
Japanese white birch oil
absinthe oil; wormwood oil
neroli oil (essential oil made from bitter orange flowers)
neroli oil (essential oil made from bitter orange flowers)
cananga oil; ylang-ylang oil; ilang-ilang oil
gas oil
bone oil; clarified bone stock
light crude oil
shoyu flavoured with katsuobushi broth; bonito-flavoured soy sauce
shoyu flavoured with katsuobushi broth; bonito-flavoured soy sauce
Kanemi rice oil disease incident (of 1968)
cooking oil; food oil
soy sauce lees; soy sauce cake
ultra-fine rasp; ultra-fine file
extra heavy oil; heavy crude oil
coating a painting with a layer of transparent oil
hydraulic oil; hydraulic fluid
oleochemistry; oil and fat chemistry
raw oil; unrefined vegetable oil (e.g. palm oil, pine oil)
scallion pancake; green onion cake
palm kernel oil
fried dish seasoned with soy sauce
to put someone off his guard; to throw someone off his guard
liquefied petroleum gas; LPG
garlic oil (from cooking grated garlic in oil)
(traditional) hair oil; pomade
(traditional) hair oil; pomade
oil depot; fuel farm; storage facility for petrochemical products
oil dripping
oil dripping
non-oil producing countries; non-oil nation
low-salt soy sauce (containing around 13% salt)
low-salt soy sauce (containing around 13% salt)
municipal waste from which valuable raw materials can be extracted; (lit.) urban oil field
pine oil; pine-needle oil
linoleic oil
middle oil (oil fraction extracted at intermediate temperatures)
spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)
oyster sauce
Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
sharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo)
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)
escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum); snake mackerel
phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae)
rapeseed (Brassica napus); rapa; colza
emblic myrobalan (Phyllanthus emblica); emblic; myrobalan; Indian gooseberry; Malacca tree; amla
Kamchatka flounder (Atheresthes evermanni)
abura-gaya (Scirpus wichurai)
abura-gaya (Scirpus wichurai)
Examples (117 in total)
Accidents will happen when we are off guard.
Water is heavier than oil.
Oil and water don't mix.