久きゅう濶かつを叙じょす

expression

apologize for long neglect of friends

Archaic set phrase used in letters or formal speech to express regret for not having been in touch for a long time.

See also: 久闊を叙する

• 手て紙がみの冒ぼう頭とうで「久きゅう濶かつを叙じょす」と書かくのは、昔むかしの書しょ簡かんの決きまり文もん句くだった。

  Writing '久濶を叙す' at the beginning of a letter was a set phrase in old-fashioned correspondence.