ナガサキ

Japanese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ナガサキ [nàgáꜜsàkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [na̠ɡa̠sa̠kʲi]

Proper noun

ナガサキ • (Nagasaki) 

1. (historical) Katakana form of 長崎 (Nagasaki): Nagasaki, especially as a site of atomic bombing
   • 2019 August 5, “「最後の被爆者」決意　姉が見たナガサキ語る　つなぐ～胎内被爆者の74年（1） [Determined to be ‘the Last Hibakusha’: He Told Nagasaki His Sister Saw: Passing on: 74 years of the Hibakusha in utero (1)]”, in Nishinippon Shimbun‎^[1]:

     黒(くろ)表(びょう)紙(し)の分(ぶ)厚(あつ)い本(ほん)には、74(ななじゅうよ)年(ねん)前(まえ)の8(はち)月(がつ)9(ここの)日(か)、15(じゅうご)歳(さい)の女(じょ)学(がく)生(せい)が脳(のう)裏(り)に刻(きざ)んだナガサキでの凄(せい)惨(さん)な体(たい)験(けん)が記(しる)されていた。

     Kuro-byōshi no buatsui hon ni wa, nanajūyo-nen mae no hachigatsu kokonoka, jūgo-sai no jogakusei ga nōri ni kizanda Nagasaki de no seisan na taiken ga shirusarete ita.

     The thick, black-covered book describes the horrific experience of Nagasaki, etched in the mind of a 15-year-old schoolgirl on August 9, 74 years ago.

Related terms

• ヒロシマ (Hiroshima)