hibakusha

English

Etymology

Mid 20th-century, borrowed from Japanese 被爆者 (ひばくしゃ, hibakusha, literally bomb-affected person).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɪbəˌkuːʃə/, /hɪˈbɑːkʊʃə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌhibəˈkuʃə/
  • Rhymes: -uːʃə

Noun

hibakusha (plural hibakushas or hibakusha)

  1. A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Translations


Japanese

Romanization

hibakusha

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひばくしゃ

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 被爆者 (ひばくしゃ, hibakusha, literally bomb-affected person).

Pronunciation

Noun

hibakusha m, f (plural hibakushas)

  1. hibakusha (survivor of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
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