貴き下かきかじ字FuriganaMeanings1pronounyou (honorific, archaic)honorific or respectful (sonkeigo)›male term, language, or nameArchaic honorific second-person pronoun, used mainly in formal letters to address someone of equal or lower status. Marked as male language. Not used in modern conversation.古ふるい書しょ簡かんでは「貴き下か」が相あい手てを指さす敬けい称しょうとして使つかわれた。In old letters, 貴下 was used as a respectful term for the addressee.
