芳ほう信しん

noun

letter (honorific)

Honorific term for someone else's letter, used in formal or respectful contexts. Not used for one's own letter.

• 先せん日じつはご芳ほう信しんを賜たまわり、誠まことにありがとうございます。

  Thank you very much for your kind letter the other day.

noun

news of flowers blooming

Rare, literary sense referring to tidings that flowers have blossomed. Mainly encountered in classical or poetic contexts.

• 春はるの芳ほう信しんが届とどいた。

  News of spring blossoms has arrived.