御免なさい

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
御	免
ご Grade: S	めん Grade: S
goon

Alternative spellings
御免なさい (kyūjitai) ご免なさい

Etymology

Honorific imperative of 免(めん)ずる (menzuru, “to spare; to exempt”), equivalent to 御(ご) (go-) + 免(めん) (men) + なさい (nasai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞mẽ̞nːa̠sa̠i]

Interjection

御(ご)免(めん)なさい • (gomennasai) 

1. sorry; I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me; I beg your pardon
   • 1997 July 17, Seimaru Amagi with Kanari, Yozaburo and Sato, Fumiya, “ファイル17(じゅうなな)　仏(ふ)蘭(らん)西(す)銀(ぎん)貨(か)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)⑭(じゅうし) [File 17: The French Silver Coin Murder Case #14]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) (金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ)) [Young Kindaichi Case Files], volume 25 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:

     ……それで‥先(せん)生(せい)もあたしのこと‥‥犬(いぬ)みたいに捨(す)てるのかとおもったら———‥憎(にく)くて‥‥憎(にく)くて‥‥！で‥でも‥‥でも‥そうじゃなかったんですね‥‥！ごめんなさい‥先(せん)生(せい)……ごめんなさい‥‥‥君(きみ)沢(さわ)先(せん)生(せい)！ごめん‥なさ‥‥

     ……Sore de‥ sensei mo atashi no koto‥‥ inu mitai ni suteru no katōmottara———‥ Nikukute‥‥ Nikukute‥‥! De‥Demo‥‥ Demo‥ sō janakattan desu ne‥‥! Gomennasai‥ sensei…… Gomennasai‥‥‥ Kimisawa-sensei! Gomen‥nasa‥‥

     ...At one time... I thought sensei... just wanted to throw me away like a dog—... I hated... hated you...! B...Bu... But... turns out that’s not true...! I’m so sorry... sensei... I’m so sorry... Kimisawa-sensei! I’m sor...ry...

Related terms

• 御(ご)免(めん) (gomen)
• 御(ご)免(めん)下(くだ)さい (gomenkudasai)