被ひ爆ばく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

being bombed; suffering bomb damage

Refers to being on the receiving end of a bombing or bomb explosion. In modern use, 被爆 often suggests atomic bombing, so for ordinary air raids 爆撃を受ける may be clearer.

• 戦せん時じ中ちゅう、この地ち域いきは何なん度ども被ひ爆ばくした。

  During the war, this area was bombed many times.

• 被ひ爆ばくした建たて物ものの一いち部ぶが資し料りょう館かんに保ほ存ぞんされている。

  Part of a bomb-damaged building is preserved in the museum.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

being subjected to an atomic bomb attack; exposure to radiation from an atomic bomb

Especially associated with Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and people or places affected by nuclear bombing, including radiation exposure caused by the bomb. Compare 被曝 for radiation exposure more generally.

See also: 被曝

• 祖そ父ふは広ひろ島しまで被ひ爆ばくした。

  My grandfather was exposed to the atomic bombing in Hiroshima.

• 被ひ爆ばく者しゃの証しょう言げんを聞きく機き会かいがあった。

  I had a chance to hear the testimony of an atomic bomb survivor.