油を売る Sell Oil (slang: goof off when you should be working)

油を売る lit: sell oil (slang: goof off when you should be working)

The word:	Closer look at the kanji:	B = Beginner | I = Intermediate | A = Advanced
油を売る abura o uru lit: sell oil (slang: goof off when you should be working)	油 abura oil 売る uru to sell	石油 seki yu - oil (black stuff) [I] 油田 yu den - oil field [A] サラダ油 sarada yu - salad (cooking) oil [I] 売り場 uri ba - market place [B] 売り切れ uri kire - sold out [B]

Bring me another one, Joe...

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SUGGESTED USAGE: ジョー、本当に油をうっても、誰も信じてくれませんよ。 jo-, hontou ni abura o utte mo, dare mo shinjite kuremasen yo. Joe, even when I truly sell oil, no one believes me!

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

ジョー jo- - Joe The cliche bartender
本当に hontou ni - really, truly This is one of those 'if you were lost in Japan with only 100 words' words
誰も dare mo - nobody the MO is often added to show nothing: nanimo = nothing; itsumo = always (never a when);
信じる shinjiru - trust, believe, have faith
信じてくれません shinjite kuremasen - wont believe KUREMASEN actually means wont receive; wont receive belief
よ yo - emphatic its what you add to emphasis your distress!

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