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has gloss	(noun) a bay on the west coast of Kyushu; in the 1950s industrial wastes caused mercury poisoning among the Japanese people who ate fish from Minamata Bay Minamata Bay
has gloss	eng: Minamata is a small factory town. Minamata Bay is a bay on the west coast of Kyūshū island, located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The bay is part of the larger Shiranui Sea which is sandwiched between the coast of the Kyūshū mainland and the off-lying islands of Kumamoto and Nagasaki prefectures.
lexicalization	eng: Minamata Bay
instance of	(noun) an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf bay, embayment

Meaning
Japanese
has gloss	jpn: 水俣湾（みなまたわん）は、熊本県水俣市にある湾。水質汚染によって水俣病が発生したことで有名。
lexicalization	jpn: 水俣湾

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part of	(noun) the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields Kyushu
similar	e/Minamata Bay

Media
geo loc	geographic location 32.2073 130.3976
media:img	Minamata map illustrating Chisso factory effluent routes jp.png
media:img	Minamata map illustrating Chisso factory effluent routes2.png