comfort woman
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English
Etymology
Calque from Japanese 慰安婦 (ianfu).
Pronunciation
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Noun
comfort woman (plural comfort women)
- (idiomatic, historical, euphemistic) A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.
- 1995 September 10, Jane H. Lii, “The Memories of a Comfort Woman”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- She carefully watches the efforts of Koreans who are suing Japan to get reparations for the comfort women. It was only in 1993 that Japan formally recognized its involvement in the forced prostitution.
Translations
forced prostitute
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