"위안부" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [ɥia̠nbu] [SK-Standard, Seoul], [ya̠nbu] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: wianbu [romanization], 慰安婦 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 慰安婦, from 慰安 (“comfort”) + 婦 (“woman”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦(いあんふ) (ianfu). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|慰安婦}}, {{ko-etym-sino|慰安|comfort|婦|woman}} Sino-Korean word from 慰安婦, from 慰安 (“comfort”) + 婦 (“woman”), {{obor|ko|ja|-|nocap=y}} orthographic borrowing from Japanese, {{ja-r|慰安婦|いあんふ}} 慰安婦(いあんふ) (ianfu) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=慰安婦}} 위안부 • (wianbu) (hanja 慰安婦)
  1. (historical) comfort woman (woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War) Tags: historical

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ya̠nbu]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
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      ]
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
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    },
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        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
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      "hangeul": "위안부"
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      "other": "[위안부]"
    }
  ],
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}

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