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迂言法 (うげんほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

迂う言げん法ほう

Meanings

1

noun

periphrasis

grammar

A grammatical term for expressing something in a roundabout way, using more words than necessary. Used in linguistics and rhetoric.

「迂う言げん法ほう」は、直ちょく接せつ的てきな表ひょう現げんを避さけて遠とお回まわしに言いう修しゅう辞じ技ぎ法ほうを指さす。
迂言法 refers to a rhetorical device of avoiding direct expression and speaking in a roundabout way.

Kanji

迂roundabout way
言say, word
法method, law, rule

Similar words

婉えん曲きょく法ほう
婉曲法 is a broader term for euphemism or indirect expression, while 迂言法 specifically refers to periphrasis, a more wordy circumlocution.

Etymology

From 迂 (roundabout) + 言 (word/speech) + 法 (method/rule). A Sino-Japanese compound likely coined as a translation of the Western rhetorical term 'periphrasis'.