イタイイタイ病

イタイイタイびょう

Also written 痛い痛い病

Meanings

1. Noun itai-itai disease (i.e.: mass cadmium poisoning in Toyama Prefecture starting in the 1910s caused by industrial waste) See also: 痛い (いたい).

Kanji

• 病 illness. Read as ビョウ.

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