口上

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

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

出典　小学館「プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)」