逢あい引びき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

clandestine meeting; lovers' rendezvous; tryst

Dated term for a secret meeting between lovers. Often carries a romantic, old-fashioned, or literary feel. In modern Japanese, 密会 (みっかい) is more common for secret meetings in general, while 逢引 specifically evokes a romantic tryst.

• 二人ふたりは夜よるの公こう園えんで逢あい引びきを重かさねた。

  The two met secretly in the park at night again and again.

• あの小しょう説せつには、若わかい恋こい人びとたちの逢あい引びきの場ば面めんがよく出でてくる。

  That novel often features scenes of young lovers' clandestine meetings.