冠かん省しょう

noun

Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that ...

A formal, old-fashioned opening phrase used in brief letters to skip customary seasonal greetings and get straight to the point. Rare in modern correspondence.

• 冠かん省しょう、先せん日じつは大たい変へんお世せ話わになりました。

  Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but thank you very much for your help the other day.

• 冠かん省しょうにて失しつ礼れいいたしますが、早さっ速そく用よう件けんを申もうし上あげます。

  I apologize for omitting the formal greetings, but I will get straight to the point.