Hibakusha (noun)
hib-a-koosh-a
(in Japan) a survivor of either of the atomic explosions at Hiroshima or Nagasaki in 1945.
Japanese, from hi ‘suffer’ + baku ‘explosion’ + sha ‘person’.
Example sentences
“The Hibakusha became the archetype for the human condition after the war.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
