hibakusha

hibakusha

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hibakusha (plural hibakushas or hibakusha)

1. A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
   • 2021 August 6, Mari Yamaguchi, “Hiroshima marks 76th anniversary of US atomic bombing”, in AP News‎:

     The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons took effect in January after years of civil effort joined by atomic bombing survivors, or hibakusha.

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 Japanese: 被爆者 (hibakusha) Korean: 피폭자(被爆者) (pipokja) 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”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁi.baˈku.ʃɐ/ [hi.baˈku.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁi.baˈku.ʃɐ/ [hi.baˈku.ʃɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁi.baˈku.ʃɐ/ [χi.baˈku.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁi.baˈku.ʃa/ [hi.baˈku.ʃa]

Noun

hibakusha m or f by sense (plural hibakushas)

1. hibakusha (survivor of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
   • 2017, “A “Associação Hibakusha Brasil pela Paz” e os sobreviventes de Hiroshima e Nagasaki no Brasil”, in Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações‎: