オイル

oil

Also:kerosene

What does オイル mean?

オイル is a Japanese noun meaning oil in English. It can also be translated as kerosene depending on context. It is written as オイル in hiragana, and oiru in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

新しいオイル・タンカーが進水した。

A new oil tanker was launched.