Chinese

Noun

慰安婦

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

Japanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) いあ​んふ [ìáꜜǹfù] (Nakadaka - [2])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [iã̠ɴɸɯᵝ]

Noun

慰安婦 ‎(hiragana いあんふ, romaji 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. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9