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原油 (げんゆ): crude oil — Japanese vocabulary

原油 is read げんゆ and means "crude oil". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

原油

Reading
げんゆ · genyu
Translation
crude oil
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
げんゆが

Example

その油井はたくさんの原油を産出する。

そのゆせいはたくさんのげんゆをさんしゅつする。

The well delivers a great deal of oil.

Kanji in this word

  • 原 — original, field
  • 油 — oil

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