すまない
N2 sumanai
- sorry (phrase)
い-adjective
Also written 済まない
Chinese meanings
对不起;过意不去
Examples
- 待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。
- すまないが今僕、手がいっぱいなのだ。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"
}
}