🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

環境に優しい

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kankyou ni yasashii

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Eco-friendly/ˌiː.koʊˈfrend.li/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"私たちは環境に優しい素材を選びます。"

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not harmful to the environment.

    "We are looking for eco-friendly cleaning products for the office."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a modern portmanteau combining 'eco-', derived from the Greek 'oikos' meaning house or environment, and 'friendly', stemming from Old English 'freondlic'. Emerging prominently in the late 20th century alongside the rise of the global environmental movement, it describes products or practices designed to minimize ecological damage.

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