油は水に浮く性質がある。

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油は水に浮く性質がある。

English Translation

Oil will float on water.

Furigana

油(あぶら)は水(みず)に浮(う)く性質(せいしつ)がある。

Romanji

Abura wa mizu ni uku seishitsu ga aru.

Words

油 (あぶら)

oil

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

浮く (うく)

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place; to be frivolous; to be uncertain; to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money); to have no basis; to be unreliable

性質 (せいしつ)

nature; property; disposition

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about