yobai
An ancient Japanese custom in which a young unmarried man would go out at night and…An ancient Japanese custom in which a young unmarried man would go out at night and silently enter the house of a young unmarried woman for sexual intercourse, sometimes as a prelude to marriage.
Meaning
1 senses(historical, uncountable)An ancient Japanese custom in which a young unmarried man would go out at night and silently enter the house of a young unmarried woman for sexual intercourse, sometimes as a prelude to marriage.
Origin
From Japanese 夜這い (literally “night crawling”).From Japanese 夜這い (literally “night crawling”).
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatednight hunting
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable