冠省

Japanese
Kanji in this term
冠 省
かん
Grade: S		 しょう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かんしょー [kàńshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

Phrase

冠(かん)省(しょう) • (kanshō) 

  1. (opening of a letter) Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...
    Synonym: 前略

Usage notes

When writing Japanese letters, the opening phrase 冠省 is often paired with closing phrases such as 草々 or 不一.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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