相あい輿ごし

noun

two people riding in a palanquin together

Archaic term referring to the practice of two people sharing a palanquin (輿). Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの資し料りょうには、相あい輿ごしで旅たびをする商しょう人にんの記き述じゅつがある。

  In Edo-period documents, there are descriptions of merchants traveling by sharing a palanquin.