Bikini (English spelling)

Japanese: ビキニ（英語表記）Bikini

An atoll in the northwest of the Marshall Islands in the mid-western Pacific Ocean. It is located in the northern part of the Lalik Islands. Formerly a US trust territory, it was used as a testing site for atomic and hydrogen bombs from 1946 to 1958. During the 1954 hydrogen bomb test, Japanese fishing boats such as the Daigo Fukuryu Maru, which were operating nearby, were bombed. In 2010, it was registered as a World Heritage Site (cultural heritage) as a symbol of the devastation caused by nuclear weapons. Bikini Atoll.
(bikini) A two-piece swimsuit for women that narrowly covers only the chest and waist. bikini style"
[Additional information] The design was named after its shocking style when it was unveiled in Paris in 1946.

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Japanese:

太平洋中西部、マーシャル諸島北西部の環礁。ラリック諸島北部に位置する。もと米国信託統治領で、1946年から1958年にかけて原水爆実験場とされた。1954年の水爆実験では、付近で操業していた日本漁船第五福竜丸などが被爆。核兵器の惨禍の象徴として2010年に世界遺産（文化遺産）に登録された。ビキニ環礁。
（bikini）胸と腰だけを狭く覆うツーピース型の女性用海水着。「ビキニスタイル」
[補説]は1946年にパリで発表された時、衝撃的なスタイルであったことからの名をとって付けられた。

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