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- Japanese · borrowed from被爆者
- English todayhibakusha
Attested in the mid-20th century, borrowed from Japanese 被爆者 (hibakusha, literally “bomb-affected person”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Full definition →
Attested in the mid-20th century, borrowed from Japanese 被爆者 (hibakusha, literally “bomb-affected person”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.