Where does “イタイイタイ病” come from?

イタイイタイ病 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 病, from Japanese 病む — to fall ill; to be diseased; to be sick; to...

イタイイタイ病 (Japanese): "ouch-ouch disease", caused by cadmium poisoning...

Definitions

  1. "ouch-ouch disease", caused by cadmium poisoning...

Ancestry of “イタイイタイ病”, step by step

イタイイタイ病 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 病

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese病disease, illness; a bad habit
2Japanese病むto fall ill; to be diseased; to be sick; to...

via Japanese 痛い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese痛いpainful; イタい cringy; embarrassing

Words derived from “イタイイタイ病”

Every word from Japanese 病む →Every word from Japanese 病 →