English Dictionary

comfort woman

名詞

婉語 歴史的 慣用表現

(idiomatic, historical, euphemistic) A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.

日本語の意味

慰安婦：第二次世界大戦前または戦時中に、日本の占領勢力によって強制的または疑似的に売春宿に配置され、性的奉仕を強いられた女性を指す用語

The historian published an oral history compiled from interviews with a comfort woman who survived the wartime brothels.

その歴史家は、第二次世界大戦中に日本軍によって従軍慰安所に強制された元慰安婦への聞き取りをまとめた口述史を刊行した。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, historical, euphemistic) 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.

comfort women （ plural ）