芳ほう信しんほうしんMeanings1nounletter (honorific)honorific or respectful (sonkeigo)›Honorific term for someone else's letter, used in formal or respectful contexts. Not used for one's own letter.先せん日じつはご芳ほう信しんを賜たまわり、誠まことにありがとうございます。2nounnews of flowers bloomingRare, literary sense referring to tidings that flowers have blossomed. Mainly encountered in classical or poetic contexts.春はるの芳ほう信しんが届とどいた。News of spring blossoms has arrived.