comfort womann.

Brit.

/ˈkʌmfət ˌwʊmən/, U.S.

/ˈkəmfərt ˌwʊmən/

Inflections: Plural comfort women.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Japanese lexical item. Etymons: comfort n., woman n.

Etymology: < comfort n. + woman n., after Japanese ianfujo (1937), ianfu (1938 in a compound; < ian comfort, solace (1873; probably < Chinese wèi'ān ) + fujo , -fu woman ( < Middle Chinese)). Compare earlier comfort girl n.

historical.

A woman or girl who was forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese soldiers as part of a system of brothels operated by the Imperial Japanese Army during the second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) and the Pacific War (1941–5). Cf. comfort girl n.The majority of these women and girls were from Japan’s colonies and occupied territories; many were abducted, though others were entrapped with promises of employment.In quot. 1949 (from a science fiction tale), an apparently unrelated term for prostitute.

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1949 R. W. Krepps in Fantastic Adventure July 59/2 If a man likes to live in a fluid-suit and beat off the comfort-women all day long.]

1961 H. Pe Narr. Japanese Occup. Burma x. 55 With the exception of arms and ammunition, sake and comfort women, Japanese ships could not bring anything into the country.

1990 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Jan. a7/7 Japan's old imperial army never went into the field without a contingent of ‘comfort women’ for the troops.

2002 J. M. Welch Tokyo Trial vii. 187 This concurrent resolution..urges Japan to apologize for World War II and pay reparations..to comfort women.

2016 Xinhua Gen. News Service (Nexis) 8 July Ren Lane..was forced to become a comfort woman when she was just 13.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comfort woman
释义	comfort womann. Brit. /ˈkʌmfət ˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈkəmfərt ˌwʊmən/ Inflections: Plural comfort women. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Japanese lexical item. Etymons: comfort n., woman n. Etymology: < comfort n. + woman n., after Japanese ianfujo (1937), ianfu (1938 in a compound; < ian comfort, solace (1873; probably < Chinese wèi'ān ) + fujo , -fu woman ( < Middle Chinese)). Compare earlier comfort girl n. historical. A woman or girl who was forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese soldiers as part of a system of brothels operated by the Imperial Japanese Army during the second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) and the Pacific War (1941–5). Cf. comfort girl n.The majority of these women and girls were from Japan’s colonies and occupied territories; many were abducted, though others were entrapped with promises of employment.In quot. 1949 (from a science fiction tale), an apparently unrelated term for prostitute. ΚΠ 1949 R. W. Krepps in Fantastic Adventure July 59/2 If a man likes to live in a fluid-suit and beat off the comfort-women all day long.] 1961 H. Pe Narr. Japanese Occup. Burma x. 55 With the exception of arms and ammunition, sake and comfort women, Japanese ships could not bring anything into the country. 1990 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Jan. a7/7 Japan's old imperial army never went into the field without a contingent of ‘comfort women’ for the troops. 2002 J. M. Welch Tokyo Trial vii. 187 This concurrent resolution..urges Japan to apologize for World War II and pay reparations..to comfort women. 2016 Xinhua Gen. News Service (Nexis) 8 July Ren Lane..was forced to become a comfort woman when she was just 13. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1961
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