イタイイタイ病

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

イタイイタイ病(びょう) • (itai-itai byō) 

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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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