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    3. 汚染

    汚染

    汚お染せん

    pollution

    N3KMT4News #3+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentScience & MathKanji Vocab15 strokes

    おせん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    pollution, contamination

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    水みずの汚お染せんは深しん刻こくです。

    Water pollution is serious.

    KMT3Nature & EnvironmentCore Concepts
    工こう場じょうからの排はい水すいが川かわを汚お染せんしています。

    Wastewater from the factory is polluting the river.

    KMT4Nature & EnvironmentWork & Career
    大たい気き汚お染せんは、地ち球きゅう温おん暖だん化かの一いち因いんとなっています。

    Air pollution is one of the causes of global warming.

    KMT4Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    放ほう射しゃ能のう汚お染せんの除じょ去きょには長ながい時じ間かんと費ひ用ようがかかります。

    The removal of radioactive contamination requires a long time and high costs.

    KMT5Science & MathPolitics & Law
    土ど壌じょう汚お染せんは、農のう作さく物ぶつの生せい育いくに悪あく影えい響きょうを及およぼします。

    Soil contamination has a negative impact on crop growth.

    KMT5Science & MathFood & Dining

    Kanji that make up this word

    汚
    けが.す・けが.れる・けが.らわしい・よご.す・よご.れる・きたな.い…(1)
    dirty・pollute・disgrace・rape・defile
    染
    そ.める・そ.まる・し.みる・し.み…(2)
    dye・color・paint・stain・print
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