Japanese symbol for “holocaust”
ホロコースト
ホロコースト
Romaji: horokoosuto
Holocaust; Shoah
In Japanese, holocaust is ホロコースト (horokoosuto).
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Meanings
- n Holocaust; Shoah
Other Japanese words for “holocaust”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大虐殺 | だいぎゃくさつ daigyakusatsu | massacre; mass slaughter; genocide |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.