申し訳ありません

Japanese

Interjection

申し訳ありません (hiragana もうしわけありません, romaji mōshi wake arimasen)

1. I'm sincerely sorry; please forgive me.

Usage notes

• This expression is very polite and not used in casual conversations in which ごめん or ごめんなさい suffice.

Related terms

• すみません (sumimasen)
• ごめんなさい (gomennasai)
• ごめん (gomen)