すみません

excuse me

sumimasen

Quiz

Episode 2· Sorry & Thank You in Japanese

Frequency: #5,207

Meanings

1
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorryexpressioninterjection
2
thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too muchexpressioninterjection

JMdict 1295060

In a sentence

How it works

すみません (excuse me) opens politely to flag down a stranger. Then は (topic) raises 駅(えき) (station) as the topic, どこ (where) asks for the place, and polite です (is) closes it. The final か (question) turns the whole thing into a clear question.