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Meaning of yobai | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

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.

historical, uncountable

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

yobbery yobbishness yobbism Yobbo Yobe yobibyte

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