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  1. hibakushanoun

    a survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  2. Etymology: 被爆者

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  1. Hibakusha

    Hibakusha (pronounced [çibaꜜkɯ̥ɕa] or [çibakɯ̥ꜜɕa]; Japanese: 被爆者 or 被曝者; lit. "person affected by a bomb" or "person affected by exposure [to radioactivity]") is a word of Japanese origin generally designating the people affected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

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  1. Hibakusha

    The surviving victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are called hibakusha, a Japanese word that literally translates as "explosion-affected people" and is used to refer to people who were exposed to radiation from the bombings. Many victims were Japanese who still live in Japan, but several thousand, Japanese and non-Japanese, live abroad in Korea, the United States, Brazil and elsewhere.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hibakusha in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hibakusha in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of hibakusha in a Sentence

  1. Toshiki Fujimori:

    We younger hibakusha are trying to inherit the experience.

  2. Jeff Kingston:

    The Hiroshima Peace Museum is the most visited site for school excursions and every year at this time the media is filled with stories about the nightmarish suffering of the hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) who eloquently recount what they endured.


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