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Environmental Terms in Japanese

You may know all the buzzwords in English, but how do you fare describing environmental issues in Japanese? The following list is designed to give you a head start, so that you can use terms that are familiar to your Japanese friends.

Note: This list has been transcribed from a printed copy, but unfortunately, the first page was missing. So, we don't have the complete list (we're missing the A–D section).

English Romaji Kana
Electricity saving setsuden 節電
Endangered species zetsumetsunihinshitadoushokubutsu 絶滅に瀕した動植物
Energy enerugii エネルギー
Energy saving shou enerugii 省エネルギー
Environmentalist kankyou hogorunsha 環境保護論者
Extinct plants/animals zetsumetsushitadoushokubutsu 絶滅した動植物
Food chain shokumotsurensa 食物連鎖
Food waste chourikuzu 調理くず
Fossil fuels kasekinenryou 化石燃料
Freshwater tansui 淡水
Geothermal energy chinetsu enerugii 地熱エネルギー
Global warming chikyuuondanka 地球温暖化
Grazing houboku 放牧
Greenhouse effect onshitsukouka 温室効果
Guns kenjuu けん銃
Habitat seisokuchi 生息地
Hazardous waste yuugaihaikibutsu 有害廃棄物
Heating danbou 暖房
Hunting ryoukaku 猟穫
Idling aidoringu アイドリング
Illegal ihou 違法
Incinerator shoukakujou 焼かく場
Industrialised country senshinkoku 先進国
Insecticide satchuuzai 殺虫剤
Interconnected sougorenraku/izon 相互連絡/依存
Irrigation kangai 灌漑
Ivory zouge 象牙
Legal gouhou 合法
Livestock kachiku 家畜
Logging companies bassaigaisha 伐採会社
Machines kikai 機械
Malnutrition eiyoubusoku 栄養不足
Methane gas metan gasu メタンガス
Natural resources tennenshigen 天延資源
Nitrogen chisso 窒素
Noise pollution souonkougai 騒音公害
Non burnable trash moenai gomi 燃えないゴミ
North/south issues nanboku mondai 南北問題
Nuclear power plants genshiryokuhatsudensho 原子力発電所
Organic farming yuukinougyou 有機農業
Overfishing rankaku 乱獲
Ozone depletion ozon sounohakai オゾン層の破壊
Ozone layer hole ozon sounoana オゾン層の穴
Pesticide gaichuukujo 害虫駆除
Petroleum sekiyu 石油
Plastic bag poribukuru ポリ袋
Poaching mitsuryou 密漁
Pollutants/contaminants osenbusshitsu 汚染物質
Pollution control osenkisei 汚染規制
Polystyrene foam happou suchiroru 発砲スチロール
Population explosion jinkoubakuhatsu 人口爆発
Prevent/stop soshi suru 阻止する
Processed food kakoushokuhin 加工食品
Rainforest urin 雨林
Recycled paper saiseishi 再生紙
Refuse (waste) haibutsu/gomi 廃物/ゴミ
Resource depletion shigen no kokatsu 資源の枯渇
Resource wasting shigenrouhi 資源浪費
Sea dumping kaiyoutouki 海洋投棄
Skin cancer hifugan 皮膚癌
Smog sumoggu スモッグ
Smoke kemuri 煙
Soil erosion dojoushinshoku 土壌浸食
Solar energy taiyou enerugii 太陽エネルギー
Spaceship uchuusen 宇宙船
Species loss shunozetsumetsu 種の絶滅
Substitute/alternative daiyouhin 代用品
Sulphur oxide iousankabutsu 硫黄酸化物
Synthetic detergent gouseisenzai 合成洗剤
Systems shisutemu/seido システム/制度
Temperature ondo 温度
Trash collection gomi kaishuu ゴミ回収
Trash separation gomi bunbetsu ゴミ分別
Tropical rainforest nettaiurin 熱帯雨林
Ultraviolet radiation shigaisen 紫外線
Upper atmosphere jousoutaiki 上層大気
Vegetarianism saishokushugi 菜食主義
Virgin forest genseirin 原生林
War sensou 戦争
Water pollution suishitsuodaku 水質汚濁
Water saving sessui 節水
Wave energy haryoku enerugii 波力エネルギー
Wealthy countries tomerukuniguni 富める国々
Wetland conservation shitsugenhogo 湿原保具護
Whaling hogei 捕鯨
Wildlife yaseiseibutsu 野生生物
Wrapping paper housoushi 包装紙
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