プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
こうじょう【口上】
❶〔陳述〕 ((make)) a statement；〔伝言〕 ((deliver)) a (verbal) message
仲人は花嫁の両親に結婚祝いの口上を述べた
The go-between offered words of congratulation to the bride's parents.
前口上が長い
It takes him a long time to come to the point.
それは彼の逃げ口上だった
He was simply trying to make excuses.
❷〔演劇の〕a prologue; an (oral) introduction
口上を述べる
deliver a prologue／make an introductory speech on the stage
彼は猿之助襲名の口上を述べた
He made an oral statement announcing his succession to the (stage) name of Ennosuke.
口上書
a verbal note