せん
Meanings
Noun
1. 汚すこと。汚くすること。
2. 悪弊に塗れた状態にすること。
Kanji used
dirty
dye
Pitch accent
せん
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Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
pollutant; contaminant
environmental pollution
① 人間の活動によって排出される有害な気体や固体により地球を取り巻く大気が汚されること。その結果、人の健康や動植物等に悪影響が生じること。
Examples (24 in total)
The atmosphere is being polluted.
Air is polluted in cities.
Infect the area with cholera.
The atmosphere in a large city is polluted.
The air was polluted by exhaust gas.
Industrial wastes pollute the earth.
The air was infected with photochemical smog.
The drug problem is international.
People are suffering from the contamination of the water supply.
We must rescue the environment from pollution.
These infections were caused by contaminated milk.
Our cities create serious pollution problems.
We ought to do our best not to pollute our environment.
The municipal council all but ignored the gravity of the pollution.
Many rivers in Japan are polluted by waste water from factories.
The factory is trying to get rid of water pollution.
It's about time the government did something about pollution.
Most living creatures in the sea are affected by pollution.
Most creatures in the sea are affected by pollution.
It is essential to prevent salmonella contamination in hen egg production.
Cycling is good exercise. Moreover, it doesn't pollute the air.
The very air we breathe is polluted with smog from the factory chimneys.
This river is not polluted.
This river is polluted with factory waste.