イタイイタイ病

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
びょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
痛い痛い病

Pronunciation

Noun

イタイイタイ(びょう) (itai-itai byō

  1. "itai-itai disease", caused by cadmium poisoning from industrial wastes in Toyama prefecture.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN