東とう京きょう大だい空くう襲しゅう

noun

Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)

Refers specifically to the massive firebombing of Tokyo by US forces on the night of March 9–10, 1945. A historical term used in discussions of WWII.

• 東とう京きょう大だい空くう襲しゅうでは、一ひと晩ばんで約やく10じゅう万まん人にんが亡なくなったとされる。

  It is said that about 100,000 people died in a single night during the Great Tokyo Air Raid.

• 彼かの女じょは東とう京きょう大だい空くう襲しゅうの体たい験けんを語かたり継ついでいる。

  She passes on her experiences of the Great Tokyo Air Raid.