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. "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)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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