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    3. 被爆

    被爆

    被ひ爆ばく

    being bombed

    KMT5News #6+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveHistoryMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab29 strokes

    被ばく

    ひばく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    being bombed
    2.
    being subjected to a nuclear bomb attack, being exposed to radiation from a nuclear bomb

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    彼かれは広ひろ島しまで被ひ爆ばくしました。

    He was exposed to the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

    KMT3History
    被ひ爆ばく者しゃは今いまも放ほう射しゃ線せんの影えい響きょうに苦くるしんでいます。

    Atomic bomb survivors are still suffering from the effects of radiation.

    KMT5HistoryMedicine & Health
    第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん中ちゅう、多おおくの都と市しが空くう襲しゅうで被ひ爆ばくしました。

    During World War II, many cities were bombed by air raids.

    KMT6HistoryMilitary
    核かく兵へい器きの恐おそろしさを伝つたえるため、被ひ爆ばく体たい験けんが語かたり継つがれています。

    Atomic bomb experiences are passed down to convey the horror of nuclear weapons.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions
    福ふく島しま第だい一いち原げん発ぱつ事じ故こでは、多おおくの作さ業ぎょう員いんが放ほう射しゃ線せんに被ひ爆ばくした。

    In the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, many workers were exposed to radiation.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    被
    こうむ.る・おお.う・かぶ.る・かぶ.せる…(2)
    incur・cover・veil・brood over・shelter…(4)
    爆
    は.ぜる…(1)
    bomb・burst open・pop・split
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