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Meaning of comfort woman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.

euphemistic, historical, idiomatic

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Examples

“She carefully watches the efforts of Koreans who are suing Japan to get reparations for the comfort women. It was only in 1993 that Japan formally recognized its involvement in the forced prostitution.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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