Idiom
comfort woman
Meaning
A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“History books describe the tragic lives of every comfort woman.”
“Many survivors have shared their painful stories about being forced to serve as a comfort woman during the war.”
“The historical record provides harrowing accounts of the systemic abuse suffered by each comfort woman during the period of military occupation.”
Examples
simple
“History books describe the tragic lives of every comfort woman.”
contextual
“Many survivors have shared their painful stories about being forced to serve as a comfort woman during the war.”
complex
“The historical record provides harrowing accounts of the systemic abuse suffered by each comfort woman during the period of military occupation.”
Origin
Calque from Japanese 慰(い)安(あん)婦(ふ) (ianfu).
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