Last Updated：2025/11/21

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

(chiefly in the plural) A wedding night on which consummation of the marriage is postponed.

音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください

See correct answer

Tobias night

Edit Histories（0）

Source Word

Tobias night

IPA(Pronunciation)

/təʊˈbaɪəs naɪt/

Noun

in-plural

(chiefly in the plural) A wedding night on which consummation of the marriage is postponed.

Japanese Meaning

結婚式の直後において、正式な夫婦としての性生活（婚姻行為）が先延ばしにされる結婚の夜。

What is this buttons?

After the hasty countryside wedding, the couple observed a Tobias night, postponing consummation until the following morning.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

慌ただしい田舎の結婚式の後、二人は初夜を延期する婚礼の夜を過ごし、親密な行為は翌朝まで持ち越した。

Details

Sense（1）

(chiefly in the plural) A wedding night on which consummation of the marriage is postponed.

1922, In various parts of Germany and Switzerland continence is observed for three nights after marriage, which are frequently known as the “Tobias nights”; it is believed that otherwise the wedded life of the couple would be unlucky, whereas if they abstain from intercourse the devil will not be able to do any harm. — Edward Westermarck, History of Human Marriage (Kessinger 2003, p.558)

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Tobias nights

（ plural ）

Details

Tobias night

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Login / Sign up

Download the app!

Tobias night

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Login / Sign up

Login

──── or ────

Sign up

──── or ────

Download the app!