kogain.
/ˈkəʊɡʌɪ/ Environmental pollution in Japan.
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kogai1970
1970 New Yorker 23 May 94 Although kogai is one of the most controversial and thoroughly covered topics in the Tokyo press, the daily seminars [on pollution] were closed to Japanese reporters.
1971 Peace News 17 Sept. 1 (heading) Basic theory of Kogai.
1971 Peace News 17 Sept. 1 ‘Kogai’ is the Japanese word which is used to identify the pollution problem. It cannot be literally translated, for it is also used to refer to environmental problems above and beyond simple pollution: factory noise, vibration, obstruction of sunlight, traffic congestion, water shortage, etc.
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