御お壁かべ

noun

tofu (archaic court-lady slang)

Archaic female court language (女房詞). Used as a secret or euphemistic word for 豆腐 among court ladies. Not used in modern Japanese.

See also: 豆腐

• 女にょう房ぼう詞ことばでは、豆とう腐ふのことを「おかべ」と言いった。

  In court-lady language, tofu was called 'okabe'.