相あい擁よう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

embrace; hug

Rare literary or formal word for an embrace; in modern Japanese 抱擁 (ほうよう) is overwhelmingly more common. May appear in older texts or poetic contexts.

See also: 抱擁

• 古ふるい小しょう説せつで「相あい擁よう」という言こと葉ばを見みたが、今いまはほとんど使つかわれない。

  I saw the word 相擁 in an old novel, but it is hardly used nowadays.