和英辞書

女房詞

noun

a cant or secret language of ladies-in-waiting in the imperial court, arising during the Muromachi period and later spreading to the general population / a word originally belonging to this cant

彼は女房詞を使って妻を表現した。

He expressed his wife using a euphemism.

意味（1）

a cant or secret language of ladies-in-waiting in the imperial court, arising during the Muromachi period and later spreading to the general population

意味（2）

a word originally belonging to this cant

「おしゃもじ」は元(もと)元(もと)「杓(しゃく)子(し)」の女(にょう)房(ぼう)詞(ことば)でした。

“O-shamoji” wa motomoto “shakushi” no nyōbō kotoba deshita."O-shamoji" was originally the woman's word for "shakushi" (rice scoop).