comfort woman
comfort woman noun: a woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.
Noun
comfort woman (plural comfort women)
- A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.
- 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.1995 September 10, Jane H. Lii, “The Memories of a Comfort Woman”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
comfort woman meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian
comfort woman in Tamil
- ஏந்துப் பெண்
comfort woman in Arabic
- forced prostitute
- إِمْرَأَة مِتْعَة, نِسَاء مِتْعَة nisāʔ mitʕa
comfort woman in Indonesian
- forced prostitute
- wanita penghibur
Forms of comfort woman
| plural | comfort women |
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Origin of comfort woman
Calque from Japanese 慰(い)安(あん)婦(ふ) (ianfu).
Questions about comfort woman
- What does comfort woman mean?
- Comfort woman means a woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.
- What is comfort woman in Tamil?
- Comfort woman in Tamil is ஏந்துப் பெண். See Comfort woman meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is comfort woman?
- Comfort woman is a noun.
- What is the plural of comfort woman?
- The plural of comfort woman is comfort women.
Words near comfort woman in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: comfort woman (page history and authors); comfort woman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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