よとぎ

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of よとぎ – see the following entry.
夜伽
watching over someone overnight while they sleep (such as done by a nurse or a bodyguard)
a person who watches over someone overnight
a woman accompanying a man in sleep
an overnight vigil (as part of a funeral)
to watch over someone overnight while they sleep
of a woman, to accompany a man in sleep
to hold an overnight vigil (as part of a funeral)
(This term, よとぎ (yotogi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)