恵けい存そん

noun

message requesting the recipient to keep a gift at hand

Formal, somewhat old-fashioned phrase appended to a note accompanying a gift, politely asking the recipient to keep the gift nearby or use it. Often seen in traditional gift-giving contexts.

• 贈おくり物ものに添そえた手て紙がみの末まつ尾びに「恵けい存そん」と記しるした。

  At the end of the letter accompanying the gift, I wrote 'Keison' (please keep this at hand).