あぶら
Japanese edit
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油 膏 脂 |
Etymology edit
Ultimately derived from Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *anpura. As a surface analysis, this is identical to the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 炙る (aburu, “to warm, to toast”); while this term and the verb are clearly related, whether the mizenkei is the actual derivation of the noun is as yet unclear.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Idioms edit
- 油を売る (abura o uru): waste time
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN