口上|こうじょうkoujou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounvocal message; speech; statement
2. nounprologue at the start of a kabuki performance

• Synonym言辞げんじWrittenWritten register. Refers to wording or diction itself, as in 「言辞を弄する」; it is not the term for an opening speech.
• Antonym黙秘もくひNeutralAntonym: keeping silent and refusing to make a statement; the opposite of 「口上」, which is delivered aloud.
• Antonym沈黙ちんもくNeutralAntonym: saying nothing at all; contrasts with 「口上」 as an oral statement.

Use 「口上」 for a spoken statement or the opening speech of a kabuki play, as in 「口上を述べる」「襲名披露口上」. For wording itself, use 「言辞」; the opposites are 「黙秘」 and 「沈黙」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 口頭こうとうで述のべたり、伝つたえたりすること。また、そのような内容ないよう。
2. 口くちぶり。話し方はなしかた。