"慰安婦" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [iã̠ɰ̃ɸɯ̟] Forms: 慰安婦 [canonical] (ruby: 慰(い), 安(あん), 婦(ふ)), ianfu [romanization], wianfu [romanization], ゐあんふ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 慰安 (ian, “consolation, comfort”) + 婦 (fu, “a woman”). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|慰安|婦|t1=consolation, comfort|t2=a woman|tr1=ian|tr2=fu}} 慰安 (ian, “consolation, comfort”) + 婦 (fu, “a woman”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|いあんふ|hhira=ゐあんふ}} 慰(い)安(あん)婦(ふ) • (ianfu) ^(←ゐあんふ (wianfu)?)
  1. a comfort woman: a woman forced to serve soldiers as a prostitute
    Sense id: en-慰安婦-ja-noun-NgFDSxDI Categories (other): Female people, Prostitution, Slavery Disambiguation of Female people: 47 53 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 69 31 Disambiguation of Slavery: 45 55
  2. (more specifically) such a woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War
    Sense id: en-慰安婦-ja-noun-ZVpn1JPx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Female people, History of Japan, Slavery, World War II Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Female people: 47 53 Disambiguation of History of Japan: 39 61 Disambiguation of Slavery: 45 55 Disambiguation of World War II: 0 100
     
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