Japanese Language

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5:49 AM

A: What is the most commonly used way to apologize in Japanese?

The most common ways are Sumimasen and Gomennasai. The first one is more formal while the second one can be used with people who are closer in terms of relationship

Is the answer here correct? I thought the rules for ごめんなさい were somewhat different.

chocolate

6:17 AM

仲のいい人とか家族には「ごめん」を使ってますかね

子供の時、親や先生に怒られたら、「ごめんなさい」って言ってたかな

大人だと、ごめんなさいって、なんか女性っぽいかも？

男の人は、「ごめん」とか「スマン」とか・・・

oals

6:43 AM

Well put.

My simplified idea about the use of ごめん（なさい） is that you needed to apologise because you actually had done something wrong.

Whereas すみません is primarily just social glue, not a 'real' apology. (Though it can be used as such)

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kuchitsu

11:57 AM

Maybe interesting for people that like translating stuff: myanimelist.net/manga_translation_battle_vol5

oals

12:27 PM

あ、おかざき真里先生だ

I've read a few of her works.

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chocolate

4:00 PM

@oals あなるほろねー

謝ってるんじゃなくても、日常、「すいませーん」って、連発してるもんねー

「ありがとう」の代わりに使うこともあるかなー

家の中にいたらそれほどでもないけど、一歩外に出たら「すいませーん」って、めっちゃ使用頻度高い気がする

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Stack Exchange

6:02 PM

Q: What do the language word types means here?

I was looking for a site that could help me with the language tests and found this one: http://www.jlptstudy.net/N5/?vocab-list One thing I am confused by is the type column of this grid. Can anyone tell me what they think int, u-v and the other values mean?