ianfu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 慰安婦 (ianfu), from 慰安 (ian, “consolation, comfort”) + 婦 (fu, “a woman”)

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /iˈanfu/ [iˈan.fu]
  • Rhymes: -anfu
  • Syllabification: i‧an‧fu

Noun

ianfu (plural ianfu-ianfu)

  1. A comfort woman. A woman forced into sexual slavery by the imperial Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

ianfu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いあんふ
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