姫遊び

See also: 姬遊び

Japanese

Kanji in this term
姫 遊
ひめ
Grade: S 		あそ > なそ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi irregular

Etymology

⟨pi1me1 no2 aso1bi1⟩ → ⟨pi1me1naso1bi1⟩ → */pʲimʲenasʷobʲi/ → /ɸimenasobi/ → /himenasobi/

From Old Japanese 姬遊び (pi1me1naso1bi1), itself a contraction of 姫 (hime, “girl”, literally “[sun appellation] + girl, woman → princess”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 遊び (asobi, “play, playing”) by reduction of vowel clusters.

Noun

姫(ひめ)遊(なそ)び • (himenasobi) 

  1. (archaic) flirting with girls
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