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夜這い

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
(ateji)
は > ば
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
婚い
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Etymology

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From Old Japanese. Derived from 呼ばひ (yobai), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of classical verb 呼ばふ (yobau, to court a woman), a combination of () (yoba), the ()(ぜん)(けい) (mizenkei, irrealis form) of verb () (yobu, to call) + auxiliary verb (fu, indicating repetition or ongoing state).[1][2][3]

The spelling, composed of (yo, night) + 這い (hai, crawling, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 這う (hau), “to crawl), literally “night crawling”, is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字), with possibly some influence from folk etymology.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (yobaiよばひ (yobafi)?

  1. (historical) night-visiting, a man visiting a woman at night for sexual relations
  2. (historical) a proposal of marriage, a courtship
    Synonym: 求婚 (kyūkon)

Derived terms

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Verb

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()()する (yobai suruよばひ (yobafi)?suru (stem ()() (yobai shi), past ()()した (yobai shita))

  1. (of a man) to visit a woman at night to have sexual intercourse

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN