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peace movement; pacifist movement
An organized movement that advocates for peace, nuclear disarmament, and an end to war. In Japan, the term carries particular weight given the country's experience with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
平和運動に力を入れる。
To put effort into the peace movement.
広島は世界的な平和運動の拠点だ。
Hiroshima is a center of the global peace movement.
核兵器廃絶を訴える平和運動が世界中で広がっている。
Peace movements calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons are spreading throughout the world.
In Japan, the peace movement is closely linked to the antinuclear movement (反核運動) following the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 平和運動を展開する: to carry out peace movement activities
- 平和運動家: peace activist
- 平和運動に参加する: to participate in a peace movement