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one's younger brother and his wife

one's older brother and his wife

one's younger sister and her husband

one's daughter and her husband

housewife

Organization name

Japanese Association of University Women

Organization name

Japan Woman's Council

Organization name

Women's Army Corps

Law

specified expectant mother; expectant mother who has been identified as in need of extra support after birth (because of unstable income, mental illness, etc.)

newly married couple; newlywed couple; newlyweds

high-class prostitute

one's son and his wife

common-law couple; couple in an illicit union

Now deprecated

(female) private nurse; patient attendant

Historical term; Euphemistic

comfort woman; prostitute who worked in military brothels, esp. one forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII

Historical term; Euphemistic

comfort woman; prostitute who worked in military brothels, esp. one forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII

Historical term

Japanese woman not repatriated from China after WWII

Dated term

lover; mistress; kept woman

Rare term

prostitute

Obsolete term

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

Rare term

(female) private nurse; patient attendant

title for high-ranking court ladies

Rare term

hostess

wandering prostitute