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spinozza
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Apology

Postby spinozza » November 9th, 2006 4:22 am

What is the most polite way to apologize to someone?

and by this, I mean "extremely polite"
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Bueller_007
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Re: Apology

Postby Bueller_007 » November 9th, 2006 4:39 am

spinozza wrote:What is the most polite way to apologize to someone?

and by this, I mean "extremely polite"


Probably "moushiwake gozaimasen".
申し訳ございません。

There are also some much more complicated phrases, I'm sure, but that's a good one to know.
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Postby Bucko » November 14th, 2006 6:52 am

Yeah I was taught that 申し訳ございません is the most polite apology. Roughly translates to "there is no excuse for my behaviour".
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