Word Meaning 四大公害病

よんだいこうがいびょう yondaikougaibyou

四大公害病 is read as よんだいこうがいびょう (yondaikougaibyou) and means the four major pollution-caused illnesses (Minamata disease, Niigata Minamata disease, Yokkaichi asthma, Itai-itai disease).

Meaning

English

the four major pollution-caused illnesses (Minamata disease, Niigata Minamata disease, Yokkaichi asthma, Itai-itai disease)
four big pollution diseases of Japan

Reading

Kana

よんだいこうがいびょう

Romaji

yondaikougaibyou

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 61754 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

公害病

こうがいびょう

pollution-caused illness

四百四病

しひゃくしびょう

every type of disease

四日市大学

よっかいちだいがく

Yokkaichi University

四大不調

しだいふちょう

falling ill (esp. of a monk)

四公六民

しこうろくみん

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%

四大文法

よんだいぶんぽう

the four great Japanese grammar texts (Yamada, Matsushita, Hashimoto and Tokieda)

四大節

しだいせつ

the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)

四大元素

よんだいげんそ

the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)

四川農業大学

しせんのうぎょうだいがく

Sichuan Agricultural University

四日市看護医療大学

よっかいちかんごいりょうだいがく

Yokkaichi Nursing and Medical Care University

四大奇書

しだいきしょ

Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Water Margin, and The Plum in the Golden Vase)

四天王寺国際仏教大学

してんのうじこくさいぶっきょうだいがく

Shitennōji International Buddhist University