Illustration: In a narrow Japanese neighborhood grocery aisle, a shopper has accidentally nudged another customer’s basket with their own. A single long leek has tipped sideways between the baskets.

JLPT N4expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

すいません

suimasen

sorry, excuse me

A casual pronunciation of すみません. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. すいません、忘わすれました。

    I’m sorry. I forgot.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. すいません、これいくらですか？

    Excuse me, how much is this?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 長ながく待またせてすいません。

    I’m sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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