hibakusha

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hibakusha (plural hibakushas or hibakusha)

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

Translations

survivor of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Bengali: হিবাকুশা (hibakuśa)
• Bulgarian: хибакуша m or f (hibakuša)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被爆者 (zh) (bèibàozhě)

• Czech: hibakuša m or f
• Esperanto: hibakuŝo
• Finnish: hibakusha
• French: hibakusha (fr) m or f
• German: Hibakusha m or f
• Hebrew: הִיבָּקוּשָׁה m or f (hibakusha)
• Italian: hibakusha m or f
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• Japanese: 被爆者 (hibakusha)
• Korean: 피폭자 (pipokja) (被爆者)
• Malayalam: ഹിബാകുഷ (hibākuṣa)
• Mongolian: хибакуша (xibakuša)
• Portuguese: hibakusha m or f
• Punjabi: ਹਿਬਾਕੁਸ਼ਾ m or f (hibākuśā)
• Russian: хиба́куся (ru) m or f (xibákusja)
• Slovak: hibakuša m or f
• Ukrainian: хіба́куся m or f (xibákusja)
• Urdu: ہیباکوشا m or f (hībākūshā)

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Japanese

Romanization

hibakusha

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひばくしゃ

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Noun

hibakusha m or f (plural hibakushas)

1. hibakusha (survivor of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)