貴き酬しゅう

noun

reply (epistolary)

Archaic noun used in formal correspondence to refer to a reply or response. Not used in modern everyday language.

• 古ふるい手て紙がみ文ぶんでは、「貴き酬しゅう」は相あい手てからの返へん事じを指さす言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  In old letter writing, 貴酬 was used as a term for a reply from the recipient.