hibakusha

[ hee-buh-koo-shuh; Japanese hee-bah-koo-shah ]
/ ˌhi bəˈku ʃə; Japanese hiˈbɑ kʊˌʃɑ /

noun, plural hi·ba·ku·shas, hi·ba·ku·sha.

a survivor of either of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945.

Origin of hibakusha

< Japanese, equivalent to hibaku bombed ( hi- suffer + baku- burst open, explode < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese bèi bào) + -sha person < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese chě

British Dictionary definitions for hibakusha

hibakusha
/ (hɪˈbɑːkʊʃə) /

noun plural -sha or -shas

a survivor of either of the atomic-bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945

Word Origin for hibakusha

C20: from Japanese, from hibaku exposed + -sha -person