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ごめん
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Meanings
Interjection
1. I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me (Usually kana)
2. may I come in? (Usually kana)
Noun
3. permission; leave; license (Usually kana, Honorific)
4. dismissal; discharge (Usually kana, Honorific)
5. not wanting; objecting to; being fed up with; wishing to avoid (Usually kana, usu. as 〜はごめんだ)
Other spellings
御ご免めんご免めん
Other readings
ゴメン
Kanji in other spellings
御honorable免be exempt
Pitch accent
ごめん
Used in vocabulary
ごめんください
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
Expression
斬きり捨すて御ご免めん
right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)
Noun
木き戸ど御ご免めん
have a pass to; have access to
Noun
天てん下か御ご免めん
licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate
Noun
お役やく御ご免めん
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a duty; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
Noun
諸しょ役やく御ご免めん
being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist government
Noun
帯たい刀とう御ご免めん
a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)
Noun
Examples36
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
I don't want to get my hands dirty.
We think that there should be no more wars.
I'm very sorry.
"Your nose is dripping." "S-sorry."
Sorry, I have a part-time job starting tomorrow morning.