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汚染

Reading

Kana: おせん
Romaji: osen
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
vs
1

pollution; contamination

See also: 公害 (reading こうがい)

Kanji

汚
Readings: オ、 けが.す、 けが.れる、 けが.らわしい、 よご.す、 よご.れる、 きたな.い
Meanings: dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile
染
Readings: セン、 そ.める、 -ぞ.め、 -ぞめ、 そ.まる、 し.みる、 -じ.みる、 し.み、 -し.める
Meanings: dye, color, paint, stain, print

Example Sentences

コレラで地域(ちいき)を汚染(おせん)する。
➥Infect the area with cholera.
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環境(かんきょう)を汚染(おせん)する工場(こうじょう)がある。
➥Some factories pollute the environment.
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この川(かわ)は汚染(おせん)されていない。
➥This river is not polluted.
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大気(たいき)が汚染(おせん)されつつある。
➥The atmosphere is being polluted.
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汚染(おせん)が地球(ちきゅう)を傷(きず)つけている。
➥Pollution is damaging our earth.
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それは大気(たいき)汚染(おせん)と関係(かんけい)がある。
➥It is concerned with air pollution.
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