イタイイタイ病

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

Noun

イタイイタイ病 (hiragana and katakana イタイイタイびょう, rōmaji itai-itai byō)

  1. "ouch-ouch 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)
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