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水質汚濁防止法 (suishitsuodakuboushihou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

水すい質しつ汚お濁だく防ぼう止し法ほう

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Meanings

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Water Pollution Prevention Act

The official English name of the Japanese law 水質汚濁防止法, enacted in 1970 to regulate water pollution.

水すい質しつ汚お濁だく防ぼう止し法ほうは、工こう場じょう排

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The Water Pollution Prevention Act establishes regulations for factory wastewater.

Kanji

水water
質substance, quality, matter
汚dirty, pollute, disgrace
濁voiced, uncleanness, wrong
防ward off, defend, protect
止stop, halt
法method, law, rule

Related words

水すい質しつ汚お濁だく
Refers to water pollution itself, while 水質汚濁防止法 is the specific law.
大たい気き汚お染せん防ぼう止し法ほう
The Air Pollution Control Act, a similar environmental law.

Etymology

Compound of 水質 (water quality), 汚濁 (pollution), 防止 (prevention), and 法 (law).