かしこ

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
畏
恐
賢

Pronunciation

Interjection

かしこ • (kashiko) 

  1. used by women at the end of letters: yours, sincerely
Synonyms
  • (used by men) 恐惶謹言(きょうこうきんげん) (kyōkō kingen)

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of かしこ – see the following entry.
【彼処】
[pronoun] (rare) yon place, that place yonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there
[pronoun] (rare) that aforementioned place
(This term, かしこ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as かしこ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かしこ.)

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