契る
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Meanings
- to pledge, to vow, to promise, to swear
- to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife), to share a bed
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The two pledged eternal love.
They firmly pledged their friendship and swore to overcome any hardship together.
The samurai vowed their loyalty to their lord and headed to the battlefield.
The reason the two did not make their vow was that they did not yet have sufficient trust in each other.
Since ancient times, the act of a man and woman sharing a bed has been regarded as more than mere physical union—it has been seen as a vow between souls.
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