hibakusha
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Etymology
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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He is a hibakusha, a Japanese word to describe bomb-affected people.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Suzuki, whose parents were hibakusha, or survivors of the Nagasaki attack, said knowing the reality of the atomic bombings is the starting point for achieving a world without nuclear weapons.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
But an equally disturbing and important story should not be forgotten—the fate of the more than 500,000 hibakusha, those Japanese civilians who survived the nuclear bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 6, 2023
The hibakusha, around 119,000 of whom were still alive as of March 2022, according to a Japanese goverment estimate, had made several requests to Japanese officials before the summit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023
Taki Homosoto was now a hibakusha, a survivor of Hiroshima, an embarrassing and dishonorable fact he would desperately try to conceal for the rest of his life.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
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