妾しょう

noun

mistress; concubine

Refers to a woman in a long-term extramarital relationship with a man who supports her financially, or historically a secondary wife. The reading めかけ is more common in modern Japanese for this meaning.

See also: 妾 (めかけ)

• 彼かれは妾しょうを囲かこっているという噂うわさだ。

  There is a rumor that he keeps a mistress.

pronoun

I; me

Archaic humble first-person pronoun used by women. The reading わらわ is more typical for this pronoun use; しょう is a less common reading for the same character.

See also: 妾 (わらわ)

• 「妾しょうはそのようなことは存ぞんじませぬ」と彼かの女じょは言いった。

  "I know nothing of such matters," she said.