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汚染

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

汚染 — “pollution, contamination”

汚染 (read おせん) means pollution, contamination. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

おせん

Meaning

pollution, contamination

汚染 in a sentence

川かわの汚染おせんが進すすむ。

Pollution of the river is worsening.

The kanji in 汚染

汚dirty
染to dye

Words that share a kanji with 汚染

汚いきたない— dirty, unclean, filthy
汚れるよごれる— to get dirty, to become soiled
汚すよごす— to make dirty, to soil, to stain
伝染でんせん— contagion, infection, transmission (of disease)

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