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原爆 (げんばく): atomic bomb — Japanese vocabulary

原爆 is read げんばく and means "atomic bomb". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

原爆

Reading
げんばく · gembaku
Translation
atomic bomb
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
げんばくが

Example

原爆は広島全体を破壊した。

げんばくはひろしまぜんたいをはかいした。

The atomic bomb destroyed the entire city of Hiroshima.

Kanji in this word

  • 原 — original, field
  • 爆 — explode

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