- 1. [n] comfort woman; prostitute who worked in military brothels, esp. one forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII (hist, euph)
Kanji in this word
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従
accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinateOn: ジュウ (juu)、 ショウ (shou)、 ジュ (ju)Kun: したが.う (shitaga.u)、 したが.える (shitaga.eru)、 より (yori)
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軍
army, force, troops, war, battleOn: グン (gun)Kun: いくさ (ikusa)
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慰
consolation, amusement, seduce, cheer, make sport of, comfort, consoleOn: イ (i)Kun: なぐさ.める (nagusa.meru)、 なぐさ.む (nagusa.mu)
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安
relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peacefulOn: アン (an)Kun: やす.い (yasu.i)、 やす.まる (yasu.maru)、 やす (yasu)、 やす.らか (yasu.raka)
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婦
lady, woman, wife, brideOn: フ (fu)Kun: よめ (yome)