貴き兄けい

pronoun

you (polite, to male equal or superior)

Polite second-person pronoun used by men, typically in letters, to address a male equal or superior. Not used in casual speech.

• 貴き兄けいにはますますご清せい栄えいのこととお喜よろこび申もうし上あげます。

  I am delighted to hear of your continued good health and prosperity.

• 先せん日じつは貴き兄けいよりご丁てい寧ねいなお手て紙がみをいただき、ありがとうございました。

  Thank you for the kind letter I received from you the other day.