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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

すまない

N2
sumanai
  1. sorry (phrase)
い-adjective

Also written 済まない

Chinese meanings

对不起;过意不去

Examples

  • 待またせてすまなかったな。
    I am sorry to have kept you waiting.
    对不起让你久等了。
  • すまないが今いま僕ぼく、手てがいっぱいなのだ。
    Excuse me, but I'm tied up now.
    抱歉,我现在很忙。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('55f0256479'); // すまない
{
  "id": "55f0256479",
  "word": "すまない",
  "reading": "すまない",
  "romaji": "sumanai",
  "meanings": [
    "sorry (phrase)"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1610020,
  "other_forms": [
    "済まない"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "待たせてすまなかったな。",
      "furigana": "{待|ま}たせてすまなかったな。",
      "en": "I am sorry to have kept you waiting.",
      "tatoeba_id": 137944
    },
    {
      "ja": "すまないが今僕、手がいっぱいなのだ。",
      "furigana": "すまないが{今|いま}{僕|ぼく}、{手|て}がいっぱいなのだ。",
      "en": "Excuse me, but I'm tied up now.",
      "tatoeba_id": 214318
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "948193d536dc4b0c90c10383d33dbf41ff12840dbb0fec817613ec30142adc09",
    "meanings": [
      "对不起",
      "过意不去"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "待たせてすまなかったな。",
        "zh": "对不起让你久等了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "すまないが今僕、手がいっぱいなのだ。",
        "zh": "抱歉,我现在很忙。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/55f0256479",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1610020; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "e7daef5e47517663069f96f4a770da0033240045beaaee85247e7b05a9c32e90"
  }
}