汚染

おせん

pollution, contamination

What does 汚染 mean?

汚染 is a Japanese noun meaning pollution, contamination in English. It is written as 汚染 in kanji, おせん in hiragana, and osen in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

汚染が地球を傷つけている。

Pollution is damaging our earth.