うわなりうち

Japanese

Noun

うわなりうち (rōmaji uwanari-uchi)

  1. 後妻打ち: the exchange of blows or "strikes" between the 後妻 (uwanari, “concubines or second wives”) and the 前妻 (konami, “legal or former wives”); a Muromachi-Edo period custom, done by a closely-related group of women, of announcing and then brawling in another woman's (usually an uwanari) household, usually ending in ruining that woman's property (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
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