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| Processed by: | ycandau (2015-04-30 12:33:02 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 47420 - submitted by 'lyusyongfong' >> This word arises in a lot of Japanese/Korean literature concerning the status of Korea as a tributary state. Editor: this is a Korean term. The only reason to have it is to put a stop to Wikipedia-like nonsense. |
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# 還鄉女 还乡女 [huan2xiang1 nv3] /Homecoming woman, a woman (usually Korean) that was proffered as a tribute during the Ming and the Qing dynasties, and returned home in old age or weak health./Comfort woman of non-Chinese non-Japanese ethnicity/ + 還鄉女 还乡女 [huan2 xiang1 nu:3] /(Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families/ |