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失礼

失礼

See also: 失禮

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 失礼 – see 失禮.
(This term, 失礼, is the simplified form of 失禮.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
失 礼
しつ
Grade: 4 		れい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 失禮 ‎(syit lejX, literally “lose, loss + propriety”). Compare modern Min Nan reading sit-lé.

Pronunciation

Adjective

失礼 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 失禮, -na inflection, hiragana しつれい, romaji shitsurei)

  1. rude, impolite, ill-mannered
    失礼 (しつれい)な人 (ひと)。
    Shitsurei na hito.
    A rude person.
    そういう言 (い)い方 (かた)は失礼 (しつれい)だ。
    Sō iu iikata wa shitsurei da.
    It's impolite to say it like that.
    失礼 (しつれい)ですが。
    Shitsurei desu ga.
    It's a rudeness, but... → I don't mean to be rude, but...

Synonyms

Noun

失礼 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 失禮, hiragana しつれい, romaji shitsurei)

  1. rudeness, impoliteness
    失礼 (しつれい)ですが。
    Shitsurei desu ga.
    It's a rudeness, but... → I don't mean to be rude, but...

Synonyms

Interjection

失礼 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 失禮, hiragana しつれい, romaji shitsurei)

  1. I'm sorry, excuse me

Verb

失礼する ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 失禮, hiragana しつれいする, romaji shitsurei suru)

  1. to be rude, to do something rude

Usage notes

Used idiomatically to mean excuse me or I'm sorry. Examples include:

失礼 (しつれい)しました。
Shitsurei shimashita.
I was rude → I'm sorry. (in reference to a past action)
では、失礼 (しつれい)します。
De wa, shitsurei shimasu.
I will be rude → Excuse me (said at the end of a phone call just before hanging up)
お先 (さき)に失礼 (しつれい)します。
O-saki ni shitsurei shimasu.
I will be rude by doing something first → Excuse me, I'm leaving now. (before other people leave)

Conjugation

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

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