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yobai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yobai
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 夜這い (literally “night crawling”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Phrases

night hunting

Frequently Paired Words

night hunting

Synonyms

night crawling

Questions

What does yobai mean?
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.
Where does yobai come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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