<entry id="2106571" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1341830</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>潤滑油</keb>
<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf23</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>じゅんかつゆ</reb>
<re_pri>news1</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf23</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>lubricating oil</gloss>
<gloss>lubricant</gloss>
<gloss>lube</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>person or thing that makes things run smoothly</gloss>
<gloss>facilitator</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2012-05-24 07:01:04" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Daniel Sack</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -17,0 +17,1 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;hydraulic fluid&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-05-24 07:42:15" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>i don't think this is right.  潤滑 clearly means 'lubrication', which is not the main function that 'hydraulic fluid' serves.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>gg5, eij</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -17,1 +17,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;hydraulic fluid&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;lubricant&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;lube&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-05-24 07:46:37" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Yes, hydraulic oil  is 作動油 or 油圧作動油.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-06-28 02:35:22" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>is there an actual word for this in English? I feel that the non-literal meaning of "lubricant" in English is different from 
the Japanese one. e.g.
": something that lessens or prevents friction or difficulty
a social lubricant"
In Japanese, it's not used to refer to alcohol!

"(person or thing acting as a) lubricant"
?</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>koj daij shinjirin
example:
https://sejinlifeforce.blogspot.com/2016/10/blog-post_16.html
マッカーサーの高級副官フェラーズ准将、ヴァイニング夫人と秘書・高橋たねーー彼等の潤滑油として前田多門がいた</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -18,0 +19,4 @@
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;person or thing that makes things run smoothly&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-06-28 11:26:37" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Can't think of one. Maybe "facilitator".</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-06-28 14:47:36" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think that's good.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -22,0 +23 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;facilitator&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>