Comfort women

Japanese: 慰安婦 - いあんふ

〘 noun 〙 Women who were forced into prostitution in the battlefields during World War II under the pretext of providing comfort to soldiers. Some were taken there by force. Military comfort women. *Musei War Diary (Tokugawa Musei), November 2, 1942 (Showa 17) "Two large Japanese women came to see us, wearing yukata robes. They looked calm and composed, like wives from some uptown area. They must be the comfort women."

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Japanese:

〘名〙第二次世界大戦中、戦地で、将兵の慰安を名目に、売春をさせられた女性。強制的に連れて行かれた者もいた。従軍慰安婦。※夢声戦争日記〈徳川夢声〉昭和一七年（1942）一一月二日「大柄な日本女が二人、浴衣を着て吾々を見物に来た。何所か山の手辺の奥さんみたいに落ちついている。例の慰安婦という人たちであろう」

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