How to say "holocaust" in Japanese

• ホロコーストCommon
  nounCovers the proper-noun sense: the Holocaust — the Nazi genocide of the Jews, also called the Shoah. A common historical term, typical in writing about Nazi Germany; it names that event, not massacres in general.
• 大虐殺だいぎゃくさつ
  nounCovers the generic sense of 'holocaust': massacre or mass slaughter on a huge scale; it is not the name of the historical event. A less common word, typical in accounts of wartime atrocities.

For the historical Holocaust — the Nazi genocide of the Jews — use 「ホロコースト」; for the general sense of 'holocaust' as mass slaughter or massacre, use 大虐殺, a less common word.

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• ホロコーストHolocaust
• 大虐殺だいぎゃくさつmassacre