申し訳ない

Kana: もうしわけない

sorry; to apologize

Example sentence

遅れて申し訳ないです。

おくれてもうしわけないです。

I'm sorry for being late.

What 申し訳ない means

申し訳ない (もうしわけない) is a Japanese word meaning “sorry; to apologize”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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