恐きょう惶こう謹きん言げん

expression

very truly yours; respectfully yours

A formal closing phrase used in old-style Japanese letters, equivalent to 'Sincerely yours' or 'Respectfully yours'. It is a yojijukugo and is now archaic; modern letters use closings like 敬具.

• 昔むかしの手て紙がみの末まつ尾びには「恐きょう惶こう謹きん言げん」と書かかれていた。

  At the end of old letters, 'Kyōkō kingen' was written.