あぶら

Japanese

Hiragana	modern	あぶら
Hiragana	historical	あぶら
Kanji	油膏脂

Etymology

From the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 炙る (aburu, “to warm, to toast”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あぶら [àbúrá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [a̠bɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

あぶら (rōmaji abura)

油, 膏: oil
脂: fat
脂: skin oil
- 1996, 玉置浩二 (lyrics), “田園”, performed by 玉置浩二:
  
  アブラにまみれて　黙 (だま)り込 (こ)んだあいつ
  abura ni mamirete damarikonda aitsu
  the silent fellow covered in sweat (oily perspiration)

Idioms

油 (あぶら)を売 (う)る (abura o uru): waste time

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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