吾妹わぎも子こ

noun

my love; my dear; darling

Archaic, familiar, and male-gendered term of endearment used in classical Japanese poetry and prose for a wife, lover, or close female friend. Not used in modern conversation.

See also: 吾妹

• 万まん葉よう集しゅうに「吾妹わぎも子こが形かた見みの衣ころも」と詠よまれている。

  In the Man'yōshū, there is a poem that reads, 'The robe that is a keepsake of my dear.'

• 「吾妹わぎも子こ」は、古ふるい和わ歌かで恋こい人びとや妻つまを呼よぶ言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  'Wagimoko' was used in old waka poetry as a term for one's lover or wife.