"灯油" meaning in Japanese

See 灯油 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [to̞ːjɯ̟] Forms: 灯油 [canonical] (ruby: 灯(とう), 油(ゆ)), tōyu [romanization]
Etymology: From 灯 (“light”) + 油 (“oil”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|灯|油|t1=light|t2=oil}} 灯 (“light”) + 油 (“oil”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|とうゆ}} 灯(とう)油(ゆ) • (tōyu)
  1. an oil used to light a lamp
    Sense id: en-灯油-ja-noun-2B2ZKNQq Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Liquids Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 31 7 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 31 8 31 31 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 31 6 31 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 32 5 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Liquids: 32 4 32 32
  2. kerosene
    Sense id: en-灯油-ja-noun-Pl4srItr

Noun

IPA: [to̞ːjɯ̟] Forms: 灯油 [canonical] (ruby: 灯(とぼし), 油(あぶら)), toboshiabura [romanization]
Etymology: From 灯 (“light”) + 油 (“oil”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|灯|油|t1=light|t2=oil}} 灯 (“light”) + 油 (“oil”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|とぼしあぶら}} 灯(とぼし)油(あぶら) • (toboshiabura)
  1. an oil used to light a lamp
    Sense id: en-灯油-ja-noun-2B2ZKNQq1 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Liquids Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 31 7 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 31 8 31 31 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 31 6 31 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 32 5 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Liquids: 32 4 32 32

Noun

IPA: [to̞ːjɯ̟] Forms: 灯油 [canonical] (ruby: 灯(ともし), 油(あぶら)), tomoshiabura [romanization]
Etymology: From 灯 (“light”) + 油 (“oil”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|灯|油|t1=light|t2=oil}} 灯 (“light”) + 油 (“oil”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ともしあぶら}} 灯(ともし)油(あぶら) • (tomoshiabura)
  1. an oil used to light a lamp Related terms: 石油 (sekiyu) (ruby: 石油(せきゆ)) (english: oil, petroleum), 原油 (gen'yu) (ruby: 原油(げんゆ)) (english: crude oil)
    Sense id: en-灯油-ja-noun-2B2ZKNQq1 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Liquids Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 31 7 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 31 8 31 31 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 31 6 31 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 32 5 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 32 3 32 32 Disambiguation of Liquids: 32 4 32 32
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 灯油 meaning in Japanese (4.3kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "灯油"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "灯油",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (7cef23e and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.