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汚染 (おせん): pollution, contamination — Japanese vocabulary

汚染 is read おせん and means "pollution, contamination". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

汚染

Reading
おせん · osen
Translation
pollution, contamination
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
おせんが

Example

日本の多くの河川は工場の廃液で汚染されている。

にっぽんのおおくのかせんはこうじょうのはいえきでおせんされている。

Many rivers in Japan are polluted by waste water from factories.

Kanji in this word

  • 汚 — dirty, pollute
  • 染 — dye, stain

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