書しょ札さつ

noun

letter; note; document

Formal or literary term for a written letter, note, or document. Less common in everyday speech; 手紙 (てがみ) is the usual word for a personal letter.

• 彼かれは丁てい寧ねいな書しょ札さつをしたためた。

  He wrote a polite letter.

• 古ふるい書しょ札さつが蔵くらから見みつかった。

  Old documents were found in the storehouse.