How to say "barrel" in Japanese

• バレルCommon
  nounA katakana loanword: barrel as a unit of volume, not the container — oil output and prices are quoted in barrels.
  中東ちゅうとうの石油せきゆ価格かかくは１バレル当あたり５ドルほど跳ね上はねあがりました。↗

  Middle Eastern oil prices jumped by five dollars per barrel.
• 樽たるCommon
  nounThe actual container: a cask, typically wooden, holding wine, sake, or the like. Use it when barrel means the object itself rather than a unit of measurement.
  腐くさったリンゴが１つあるとたる全体ぜんたいがだめになる。↗

  One rotten apple spoils the barrel.

Use 「バレル」 when barrel is a unit of volume, as with oil; use 樽 for the physical cask or barrel itself, the wooden container holding wine, sake, and the like.

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• バレルbarrel (unit of volume)
• 樽たるcask