Hiroshima

IPA(Pronunciation)

/hɪ(ə)ˈɹɒʃɪmə/

Proper noun

figuratively

A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan. / The capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It was the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945.

Japanese Meaning

広島県：本州西南部に位置する日本の県であり、県庁所在地は広島市。 / 広島市：広島県の県庁所在地で、1945年8月6日に戦争において初めて使用された原子爆弾の投下標的となった都市。

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I'm planning a weekend trip to Hiroshima to visit the Peace Memorial Park and try the local oysters.

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週末に広島県へ小旅行に出かけて、平和記念公園を訪れ地元の牡蠣を味わう予定です。

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A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan.

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(figuratively) catastrophe.

2011 April, Michael Joseph Gross, “A Declaration of Cyber-War”, Vanity Fair:

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The 1945 atomic bombing of the city of the same name.

VINCENT: Tens of thousands killed before sundown; nobody's killed people that fast since Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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