ご愁しゅう傷しょう様さまでございます

Meanings

my condolences; I am sorry for your loss

A very formal and polite expression of sympathy used at funerals or when hearing of someone's death. Often used in set phrases; the shorter ご愁傷様です is also common.

この度たびはご愁しゅう傷しょう様さまでございます。
Please accept my deepest condolences on your recent loss.
お母かあ様さまがお亡なくなりになったと伺うかがい、ご愁しゅう傷しょう様さまでございます。
I heard that your mother passed away; my heartfelt condolences.

Kanji

愁distress, grieve, lament
傷wound, hurt, injure
様Esq., way, manner
御honorable, manipulate, govern

Related words

お悔くやみ申もうし上あげます
Another very formal condolence expression, often used in written messages or speeches. ご愁傷様でございます is slightly more personal and direct.
ご愁しゅう傷しょう様さまです
A slightly less formal version of the same phrase, still polite but more common in everyday condolence situations.

Built from

愁しゅう傷しょう+様さま

Written forms

ご愁しゅう傷しょう様さまでございます
Standard polite kanji spelling for expressing condolences.
御ご愁しゅう傷しょう様さまでございます
Formal spelling using 御 for ご; less common in everyday writing.

Etymology

A polite phrase combining ご (honorific prefix), 愁傷 (grief, sorrow), 様 (honorific suffix), and でございます (very polite copula). The expression literally means 'it is a matter of grief' and is used exclusively for condolences.