妾めかけ

noun

mistress; kept woman; concubine

Dated term for a woman financially supported by a man in a long-term extramarital relationship; historically also used for concubines.

• 彼かれは妾めかけを囲かこっているという噂うわさだ。

  There's a rumor that he keeps a mistress.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、妾めかけを持もつことは珍めずらしくなかった。

  In the Edo period, having a concubine was not uncommon.