Illustration: In a small Japanese café, a server bows deeply to a seated customer after accidentally spilling water across the customer's shopping bag. The tipped glass, spreading puddle, and damp bag make the mistake unmistakable.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

お詫わび

owabi

to apologize

Polite; often used as お詫びします. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. お詫わびしなければなりません。

    I must ask your pardon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. トムからお詫わびの電話でんわがあったよ。

    Tom called me to apologize.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この件けんでご迷惑めいわくをおかけしたことをお詫わびします。

    Please accept our apologies for the trouble this matter has caused you.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 詫

  • 詫apologizeOnタKunわび・わびしい・わびる

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