イタイイタイ病

JapaneseEdit

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イタイイタイ病

Kanji in this term
病
びょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
痛い痛い病

PronunciationEdit

(Tokyo) イタイイタイびょー [ìtáíítáí byóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ita̠iːta̠i bʲo̞ː]

NounEdit

イタイイタイ病(びょう) • (itai-itai byō)

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

Related termsEdit

水俣(みなまた)病(びょう) (Minamata-byō)
新潟(にいがた)水俣(みなまた)病(びょう) (Niigata Minamata-byō)
四(よっ)日(か)市(いち)ぜんそく (Yokkaichi zensoku)

ReferencesEdit

^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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