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Japanese
Etymology
⟨pi1me1 no2 aso1bi1⟩ → ⟨pi1me1naso1bi1⟩ → */pʲimʲenasʷobʲi/ → /ɸimenasobi/ → /himenasobi/
From Old Japanese 姬遊び (pi1me1naso1bi1), itself a contraction of 姫 (hime, “girl”, literally “ + girl, woman → princess”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 遊び (asobi, “play, playing”) by reduction of vowel clusters.
Noun
姫遊び • (himenasobi)
- (archaic) flirting with girls