家いえ言ごと

noun

news from home; letter from home

Archaic noun referring to tidings or correspondence from one's family or hometown. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの書しょ簡かんには「家いえ言ごとを得えて安あん堵どした」といった表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In letters from the Edo period, one can find expressions like 'I was relieved to receive news from home.'