English Dictionary

Hiroshima maiden

名詞

歴史的

(historical) Any of a group of Japanese women who were disfigured by the thermal flash from the fission bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, and who subsequently went on a highly publicized journey to get reconstructive surgery in the United States in 1955.

日本語の意味

広島に投下された核分裂爆弾による熱線で傷を負った日本人女性の集団を指す（歴史的な文脈で用いられる用語）。彼女たちはその後、1955年にアメリカで大々的な再建手術を受けるための旅に出た。

The documentary followed a Hiroshima maiden as she recounted the scars she had borne since 1945 and her journey to the United States for reconstructive surgery.

そのドキュメンタリーは、1945年の被爆で顔に傷を負い、形成手術のためにアメリカへ渡った広島出身の女性の一人に密着し、彼女がその傷跡と渡米までの経緯を語る様子を描いた。

意味（1）

(historical) Any of a group of Japanese women who were disfigured by the thermal flash from the fission bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, and who subsequently went on a highly publicized journey to get reconstructive surgery in the United States in 1955.

Hiroshima maidens （ plural ）