時じ候こうの挨あい拶さつ

expression, noun

seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter

A set phrase used at the beginning of formal letters to acknowledge the current season before moving to the main topic. Common in business correspondence and traditional personal letters.

• 手て紙がみの冒ぼう頭とうには時じ候こうの挨あい拶さつを書かくのが礼れい儀ぎです。

  It is polite to write a seasonal greeting at the beginning of a letter.

• 時じ候こうの挨あい拶さつとして「春しゅん暖だんの候こう」などが使つかわれます。

  Phrases like 'shun-dan no kō' are used as seasonal greetings.