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すみません (かん): sorry, excuse me — Japanese vocabulary

すみません (かん) means "sorry, excuse me". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

すみません (かん)

Reading
すみません (かん) · sumimasen (kan)
Translation
sorry, excuse me
Level
JLPT N3

Example

すみませんが、今何時でしょうか。

すみませんが、いまなんどきでしょうか。

Excuse me, do you have the time?

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