慰安婦

See also: 慰安妇

Chinese
to comfort; to console woman
trad. (慰安婦) 慰安 婦
simp. (慰安妇) 慰安 妇

Pronunciation

Noun

慰安婦

  1. comfort woman (woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
慰 安 婦
い
Grade: S		 あん
Grade: 3		 ふ
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 慰安 (ian, “consolation, comfort”) +‎ 婦 (fu, “a woman”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

慰安婦 (hiragana いあんふ, rōmaji ianfu, historical hiragana ゐあんふ)

  1. A comfort woman: a woman forced to serve soldiers as a prostitute. More specifically, such a woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War.

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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