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風船爆弾 (fuusenbakudan) Japanese meaning: fire balloon | Kotomora

風ふう船せん爆ばく弾だん

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せ

ん

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だ

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Meanings

1

fire balloon; balloon bomb

historical termmilitary›

Historical military term for an experimental weapon launched by Japan during World War II; a balloon-borne incendiary device carried by the jet stream toward North America.

風ふう船せん爆ばく弾だんは、第

だい

二に

次じ

世せ

界かい

大たい

戦せん

中ちゅう

に

日本にほん

が

開かい

発はつ

し

た

兵へい

器き

の

一ひと

つ

だ

。

The fire balloon was one of the weapons developed by Japan during World War II.

風ふう船せん爆ばく弾だんの一いち部ぶは実じっ際さいにアメリカ本ほん土どに到とう達たつした。

Some of the balloon bombs actually reached the mainland United States.

Kanji

風wind, air, style
船ship, boat
爆bomb, burst open, pop
弾bullet, twang, flip

Built from

風ふう船せん+爆ばく弾だん

Etymology

Compound of 風船 (fūsen, 'balloon') and 爆弾 (bakudan, 'bomb'). The term refers specifically to the Japanese fire balloons used in World War II.