恐きょう々きょう謹きん言げん

expression

very truly yours; sincerely yours

A formal complimentary close used in traditional Japanese letters, equivalent to 'very truly yours' or 'sincerely yours' in English. It is a yojijukugo (four-character idiom) and is now archaic, appearing only in historical or highly formal epistolary contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの手て紙がみの末まつ尾びには「恐きょう々きょう謹きん言げん」と記しるされることが多おおかった。

  Letters from the Edo period often ended with 'kyōkyōkingen' (very truly yours).