inn for secret lovers' meetings
Archaic term for an inn used for clandestine romantic encounters. Not used in modern Japanese.
In the Edo period, there were inns called deaiyado used for secret meetings.
Standard kanji spelling for this archaic term.
Variant spelling without the okurigana い.
Compound of 出合い (deai, 'meeting, rendezvous') and 宿 (yado, 'inn'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain.