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
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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