貴き女じょ

pronoun

you (honorific, to a woman)

Honorific second-person pronoun used in letters when addressing a woman. Formal and somewhat old-fashioned; not used in everyday conversation.

• 拝はい啓けい、貴き女じょにおかれましては、ますますご清せい栄えいのこととお喜よろこび申もうし上あげます。

  Dear Madam, I hope this letter finds you in ever-increasing prosperity.

noun

noblewoman; lady

Refers to a woman of noble birth or high social standing. Literary and somewhat archaic; modern Japanese would more commonly use 貴婦人 or 淑女.

• その絵えには、優ゆう雅がな貴き女じょが描えがかれている。

  The painting depicts an elegant noblewoman.