Across
- 1. cruel and oppressive government or rule
- 4. The formal Japanese plea for "Help, if you please!" screamed by people buried under the wreckage
- 6. in a horizontal position or direction
- 10. The wealthy estate, used as an evacuation area, which provided temporary shelter despite later being hit by fire and a whirlwind
- 15. possessing or believed to possess magical or spiritual protective power
- 16. Mrs. Hatsuyo, the tailor's widow whose Sankoku sewing machine was submerged in the water tank
- 18. relating to the countries of the West
- 20. The residential section where Mrs. Nakamura and the Jesuit mission house were located
- 21. relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral
- 24. Last name of the young, uninjured Red Cross surgeon, and the clerk crushed by books
- 26. the action or fact of obliterating or being obliterated; total destruction
- 29. The large, modern hospital where thousands of casualties converged, staffed mostly by the injured
- 31. The "new type of bomb" having more power than twenty thousand tons of T.N.T., used on August 6th
- 32. The great seaport city of 250,000 people that was almost completely destroyed on August 6, 1945
- 34. without suffering any injury, damage, or harm
- 35. Dr. Masakazu, the hedonistic doctor whose private hospital toppled into the Kyo River
- 37. Father Wilhelm, the German Jesuit who felt tired and suffered from digestive issues, later exhibiting radiation sickness
- 38. The American Super-fortress plane, referred to by the Japanese as "Mr. B," that caused anxiety by its continued absence
- 39. a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor
Down
- 2. the fact or practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol
- 3. the state or quality of being lush and green with vegetation, referring to the appearance of flourishing plants and a rich, vibrant greenness
- 5. Japanese phrase meaning "Be brave!" Dr. Sasaki whispered to himself during the blast
- 7. military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features
- 8. The section of town where Miss Sasaki worked at the East Asia Tin Works factory
- 9. kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning
- 10. The specific date, in 1945, when the atomic bomb flashed above the city
- 11. grasp mentally; understand
- 12. a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity
- 13. The sickness causing fever, hemorrhages, and hair loss that affected many survivors weeks after the blast
- 14. One of the seven deltaic rivers, beside which Dr. Fujii’s strangely constructed hospital stood
- 17. the likely course of a disease or ailment
- 19. relating to, or resembling a delta, which is a landform created by a river as it deposits sediment into a larger body of water like an ocean, lake, or bay
- 22. an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster
- 23. a raised, typically rubbery scar tissue formed at the site of a wound, characteristic of severe burns
- 25. relating to the countries of the West
- 27. The Protestant clergyman who organized aid and ferried the wounded across the river
- 28. small, pinpoint-sized red or purple spots that appear on the skin or mucous membranes due to bleeding under the skin
- 30. Honorific title, meaning "Doctor," cried out by the wounded rushing to Dr. Sasaki
- 33. The Japanese word for "Water!" constantly begged by the severely burned victims on the parade ground
- 36. a Molotov flower basket, the delicate Japanese name for the "bread basket," or self-scattering cluster of bombs