候そうろう間あいだ

expression

as ...; since ...; because ...

Archaic epistolary expression used in classical Japanese letters to introduce a reason or circumstance, similar to modern ので or から. Not used in contemporary Japanese outside of historical or literary contexts.

• 「候そうろう間あいだ、何卒なにとぞよしなに」は、昔むかしの手て紙がみでよく使つかわれた結むすびの言こと葉ばだ。

  「候間、何卒よしなに」 is a closing phrase often used in old letters.