迂う言げん法ほう

noun

periphrasis

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.