Definition of Hibakusha

1. Noun. a survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hibakusha

1. [n HIBAKUSHA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hibakusha

hiatus of canal for greater petrosal nerve
hiatus of canal of lesser petrosal nerve
hiatus of facial canal
hiatus sacralis
hiatus saphenus
hiatus semilunaris
hiatus subarcuatus
hiatus tendineus
hiatus totalis sacralis
hiatuses
hib immunization
hib vaccine
hiba arborvitae
hibachi
hibachis
hibakusha (current term)
hibakushas
hibbingite
hibernacle
hibernacles
hibernacula
hibernaculum
hibernal
hibernate
hibernated
hibernates
hibernating
hibernating(a)
hibernating gland
hibernation

Literary usage of Hibakusha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Yearbook of Holidays & Observances: A Multicultural Perspective of by Iva A. Smith, Aurora Ramirez-Krodel (1998)
"Karen Kai, an attorney, artist, and activist, is also "...the executive director of Friends of hibakusha [the Japanese term for atomic bomb survivors from ..."

2. Five Hundred Fun Facts About Japan by DIANE Publishing Company, Dorothy Perkins (1994)
"The surviving victims of the two atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945 are called hibakusha. ..."

3. Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults: A Selected Listing by Ginny Moore Kruse, Kathleen T. Horning (1991)
"... of the Sadako statue in Hiroshima's Peace Park, of the "hibakusha" (survivors) and of the city today create a sober chronicle of past and present. ..."

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