失礼

See also: 失禮

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 失禮 (“to lack manners; to be impolite; to breach etiquette; I'm sorry; excuse me”).
(This term, 失礼, is the simplified form of 失禮.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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, rōmaji shitsurei)

  1. rude, impolite, ill-mannered
    失礼 (しつれい) (ひと)
    Shitsurei na hito.
    A rude person.
    そういう () (かた)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, rōmaji 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, rōmaji shitsurei)

  1. I'm sorry, excuse me

Verb

失礼する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 失禮する, hiragana しつれいする, rōmaji 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 rudeI'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 rudeExcuse me (said at the end of a phone call just before hanging up)
 (さき)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
  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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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