Illustration: In the entrance of a Japanese apartment, a visiting friend bows deeply toward the resident beside a freshly broken flowerpot. The visitor still holds the long umbrella that knocked it from a narrow shelf, with spilled soil touching its tip. Their lowered eyes and tense shoulders show clear remorse.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

詫わびる

wabiru

to apologize

Example sentences

その男おとこは私わたしの足あしを踏ふんだのにわびることさえしなかった。
The man did not so much as apologize for stepping on my foot.
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彼かれは無礼ぶれいを詫わびた。
He apologized for his rudeness.
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彼かれは私わたしに無礼ぶれいをわびた。
He apologized to me for his rudeness.
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Kanji in 詫

詫apologizeOnタKunわび・わびしい・わびる

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