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空気汚染 (くうきおせん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

空くう気き汚お染せん

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Meanings

1

noun

air pollution

General term for pollution of the atmosphere, used in environmental, scientific, and everyday contexts.

大だい都と市しでは空くう気き汚お染せんが深しん刻こくな問もん題だいになっている。
Air pollution has become a serious problem in large cities.
工こう場じょうからの排はい煙えんが

空くう

気き

汚お

染せん

の

原げん

因いん

の

一ひと

つ

だ

。

Smoke from factories is one cause of air pollution.

Kanji

空empty, sky, void
気spirit, mind, air
汚dirty, pollute, disgrace
染dye, color, paint

Similar words

大たい気き汚お染せん
More formal and technical term for atmospheric pollution, often used in scientific or legal contexts. 空気汚染 is slightly more everyday.
環かん境きょう汚お染せん
Broader term for environmental pollution, including water, soil, and noise pollution, not limited to air.

Etymology

Compound of 空気 (air) and 汚染 (pollution, contamination). The word follows standard Sino-Japanese compounding patterns.