足あし入いれ

noun

tentative marriage; trial marriage

Historical Japanese custom where a bride would live with the groom's family for a trial period before the formal wedding ceremony. Now largely obsolete.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、足あし入いれ婚こんという慣かん習しゅうが一いち部ぶの地ち域いきで見みられた。

  In the Edo period, a custom called tentative marriage was seen in some regions.