Obasan Glossary

Obasan Glossary

spindly

weak or insubstantial in construction

sloughs

a swamp

flourish

grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way

compassionate

feeling or showing sympathy for others

liquidated

wind up the affairs

concentration camp

a place in which prisoners are imprisoned in an area with inadequate facilities, to provide forced labour or to await mass execution

dispersal

distributing or spreading

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