Translation guide
The movement for equal rights and freedom for women, often associated with feminism. In Japanese, this is typically expressed through specific terms or descriptive phrases.
女性解放（運動）
women's liberation (movement)
Use 女性解放運動 for the movement, or ウーマンリブ for the historical 1970s movement.
Referring to the social and political movement advocating for women's equality and freedom from traditional roles.
The direct translation, commonly used in formal and academic contexts.
女性解放運動は1960年代に盛んになった。
The women's liberation movement became active in the 1960s.
Loanword from English 'women's lib', often used to refer specifically to the 1970s movement.
彼女はウーマンリブの活動家だった。
She was an activist in the women's liberation movement.
Means 'expansion of women's rights', a common descriptive phrase.
女性の権利拡大を求める声が高まっている。
There is a growing call for the expansion of women's rights.
Describing the condition or goal of women being liberated from societal expectations.
Literally 'liberation of women', used in general contexts.
教育は女性の解放に重要な役割を果たす。
Education plays an important role in women's liberation.
A more colloquial way to express the idea of women becoming free.
彼女は女性が自由になることの大切さを説いた。
She preached the importance of women becoming free.
In modern Japanese, フェミニズム (feminism) is often used interchangeably, but 女性解放 specifically emphasizes liberation from traditional roles.