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    3. 引揚者

    引揚者

    引ひき揚あげ者しゃ

    returnee (esp. Japanese person repatriated to Japan proper from its former colonies after WWII)

    KMT10News #36+1Ref L2NounHistoryKanji Vocab24 strokes

    引き揚げ者引揚げ者

    ひきあげしゃ

    Noun

    1.
    returnee (esp. Japanese person repatriated to Japan proper from its former colonies after WWII), repatriate

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    彼かれは引ひき揚あげ者しゃの一ひと人りです。

    He is one of the repatriates.

    KMT6History
    戦せん後ご、多おおくの引ひき揚あげ者しゃが日に本ほんへ帰き国こくした。

    After the war, many repatriates returned to Japan.

    KMT10History
    引ひき揚あげ者しゃたちは、故こ郷きょうでの新あらたな生せい活かつを築きずくために大たい変へんな苦きろ労うをした。

    The repatriates went through immense hardship to build new lives in their homeland.

    KMT10HistoryEmotions & Psychology
    引ひき揚あげ者しゃの証しょう言げんは、当とう時じの歴れき史しを理り解かいする上うえで貴き重ちょうな資し料りょうだ。

    The testimonies of the repatriates are valuable materials for understanding the history of that time.

    KMT10HistoryEducation
    政せい府ふは引ひき揚あげ者しゃ支し援えんのために様さま々ざまな政せい策さくを実じっ施しした。

    The government implemented various policies to support the repatriates.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    引
    ひ.く・ひ.ける…(5)
    pull・tug・jerk・admit・install…(2)
    揚
    あ.げる・-あ.げ・あ.がる…(2)
    raise・elevate・hoist・praise・extol…(1)
    者
    もの…(1)
    someone・person
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