すみません
N5 sumimasen
- sorry
- excuse me
expressioninterjection
Also written 済みません
Chinese meanings
对不起;劳驾
Examples
- すみません、この席あいていますか。Excuse me, is this seat taken?请问这个座位有人吗?
- すみませんが電話に出てください。Please answer the phone.不好意思,请接一下电话。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('feae64eac4'); // すみません
{
"id": "feae64eac4",
"word": "すみません",
"reading": "すみません",
"romaji": "sumimasen",
"meanings": [
"sorry",
"excuse me"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"exp",
"int"
],
"jmdict_id": 1295060,
"other_forms": [
"済みません"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "すみません、この席あいていますか。",
"furigana": "すみません、この{席|せき}あいていますか。",
"en": "Excuse me, is this seat taken?",
"tatoeba_id": 214207
},
{
"ja": "すみませんが電話に出てください。",
"furigana": "すみませんが{電話|でんわ}に{出|で}てください。",
"en": "Please answer the phone.",
"tatoeba_id": 214132
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "5c273ed44e3a80b62c824a35f51dc911fa14a5cb3ba44dbd897d4eb44b515290",
"meanings": [
"对不起;劳驾"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "すみません、この席あいていますか。",
"zh": "请问这个座位有人吗?"
},
{
"ja": "すみませんが電話に出てください。",
"zh": "不好意思,请接一下电话。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/feae64eac4",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "0286d64789e38c6abdb7a93deae601b5698d68a35fca37550292fe502cc54ee0"
}
}