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失礼

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See also: 失禮

Chinese

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

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しつ
Grade: 4
れい
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
失禮 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(しつ)(れい) (shitsurei-na (adnominal (しつ)(れい) (shitsurei na), adverbial (しつ)(れい) (shitsurei ni))

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

Synonyms

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Noun

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(しつ)(れい) (shitsurei

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

Synonyms

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Interjection

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(しつ)(れい) (shitsurei

  1. I'm sorry, excuse me

Verb

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(しつ)(れい)する (shitsurei surusuru (stem (しつ)(れい) (shitsurei shi), past (しつ)(れい)した (shitsurei shita))

  1. to be rude, to do something rude

Usage notes

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

(しつ)(れい)しました。
Shitsurei shimashita.
I was rudeI'm sorry. (in reference to a past action)
では、(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)(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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.