目合い

目合い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	合
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Etymology

magupapi → maguɸaɸi → maguwawi → maguwai. /ma/ is the old form of the word 目 (me, “eye”).

Noun

目合い (hiragana まぐわい, rōmaji maguwai, historical hiragana まぐはい)

1. facing one another and being intimate
2. copulation; intercourse
   • 712: Kojiki

     然者吾與汝行廻逢是天之御柱而、爲美斗能麻具波比。此七字以音。

References

• Kurano, Kenji; Yūkichi Takeda (1958) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Kojiki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN