hibakusha

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English

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Etymology

Attested in the mid-20th century, borrowed from Japanese 被爆者 (hibakusha, literally “bomb-affected person”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hibakusha (plural hibakushas or hibakusha)

  1. A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
    • 2021 August 6, Mari Yamaguchi, “Hiroshima marks 76th anniversary of US atomic bombing”, in AP News‎:
      The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons took effect in January after years of civil effort joined by atomic bombing survivors, or hibakusha.

Translations

Japanese

Romanization

hibakusha

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひばくしゃ

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 被爆者 (hibakusha, literally “bomb-affected person”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

hibakusha m or f by sense (plural hibakushas)

  1. hibakusha (survivor of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
    • 2017, “A “Associação Hibakusha Brasil pela Paz” e os sobreviventes de Hiroshima e Nagasaki no Brasil”, in Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações‎:
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