水俣病

水俣病

See also: 水俁病

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 水俣病 – see 水俁病 (“Minamata disease”). (This term, 水俣病, is the simplified form of 水俁病.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	俣	病
み(な) Grade: 1	また Jinmeiyō	びょう Grade: 3

Etymology

From 水俣 (みなまた) (Minamata, “Minamata”) + 病 (びょう) (byō, “disease”), after the city where the disease was first discovered.

Noun

水俣病 (hiragana みなまたびょう, rōmaji Minamata-byō)

1. Minamata disease