also: あらはだ
noun
skin where two lovers first touch
Archaic poetic term for the sensation or imagined skin where lovers first make contact; not used in modern everyday language.
古い和歌に「新肌」という言葉が恋の初々しさを表すのに使われている。
In old waka poetry, the word 新肌 is used to express the freshness of first love.
Compound of 新 (new) and 肌 (skin). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in classical poetry as a metaphor for the novelty of physical intimacy.