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四大公害病 (よんだいこうがいびょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

四よん大だい公こう害がい病びょう

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Meanings

1

four major pollution diseases of Japan

Refers to Minamata disease, Niigata Minamata disease, Yokkaichi asthma, and Itai-itai disease. A historical term used in environmental and legal contexts.

See also: 水俣病 · 第二水俣病 · 四日市喘息 · イタイイタイ病

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害がい

病びょう

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経けい

済ざい

成せい

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期き

の

深しん

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環かん

境きょう

問もん

題だい

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The four major pollution diseases symbolize the serious environmental problems of the high-economic-growth period.

Kanji

四four
大large, big
公public, prince, official
害harm, injury
病ill, sick

Related words

公こう害がい病びょう
A general term for pollution-related diseases; 四大公害病 specifically refers to the four historically recognized major cases in Japan.

Built from

四よん大だい+公こう害がい病びょう

Etymology

Compound of 四大 (four major) + 公害 (pollution) + 病 (disease). The term was coined to collectively refer to the four major pollution-caused illnesses that became prominent in postwar Japan.