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Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. / Something that pollutes; a pollutant.

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Source Word

pollution

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pəˈl(j)uːʃən/

Noun

countable uncountable archaic

Japanese Meaning

有害な物質や騒音、光などによる環境や物体の汚染（物理的な汚染） / 何かが汚染を引き起こす原因となるもの、またはその状態

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The city's pollution levels rose after the factory expanded production.

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工場が生産を拡大した後、市の環境汚染の程度が高まった。

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Something that pollutes; a pollutant.

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(now rare) The desecration of something holy or sacred; defilement, profanation.

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(now archaic) The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission.

When occasioned by a voluntary act it is called, simply, Pollution or Masturbation (q.v.); when excited, during sleep, by lascivious dreams, it takes the name Noctur'nal pollution, Exoneiro'sis, Oneirog'mos, Oneirog'onos, Gonorrhœ'a dormien'tium, G. oneirog'onos, G. Vera, G. libidino'sa, Proflu'vium Sem'inis, Spermatorrhœ'a, Paronir'ia salax, Night pollution.

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