Japanese symbol for “pollutant”
汚染物質
おせんぶっしつ
Romaji: osenbusshitsu
pollutant; contaminant
In Japanese, pollutant is 汚染物質, read おせんぶっしつ (osenbusshitsu).
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Meanings
- n pollutant; contaminant
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “pollutant”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公害物質 | こうがいぶっしつ kougaibusshitsu | pollutant |
| 汚染菌 | おせんきん osenkin | (bacterial) contaminant; pollutant |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汚染 | おせん osen | pollution; contamination |
| 汚れ | よごれ yogore | dirt; filth; stain |
| 汚職 | おしょく oshoku | corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft |
| 汚い | きたない kitanai | dirty; filthy; foul |
| 汚れる | よごれる yogoreru | to get dirty; to become dirty |
| 汚物 | おぶつ obutsu | filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste |
| 感染 | かんせん kansen | infection; contagion; becoming infected |
| 染色 | せんしょく senshoku | dyeing |
| 動物 | どうぶつ doubutsu | animal |
| 質問 | しつもん shitsumon | question; inquiry; enquiry |
See also: Chinese symbol for “pollutant”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.