相引き

あいびき

Also written 相引, 合い引き, 合引き

Meanings

1. Noun bench used by kabuki actors during performance
2. for enemies and allies to pull back their troops at the same time
3. responding to enemy arrow fire with arrow fire

Kanji

• 相 mutual. Read as あい.
• 引 pull. Read as ひく.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists