残ざん留りゅう孤こ児じ

noun

displaced orphans; displaced children

General term for children left behind or separated from their families due to war, disaster, or other upheaval.

• 戦せん争そうによって多おおくの残ざん留りゅう孤こ児じが生うまれた。

  The war produced many displaced orphans.

noun

Japanese orphans left in China after WWII; war-displaced Japanese in China

Specifically refers to Japanese children who were separated from their parents and left behind in China at the end of World War II, often raised by Chinese families. A historically significant term.

• 残ざん留りゅう孤こ児じの問もん題だいは、日にっ中ちゅう関かん係けいにおいて長ながく取とり上あげられてきた。

  The issue of Japanese war orphans left in China has long been addressed in Japan-China relations.