excuse me
01
すみません, 失礼します
said before asking someone a question, as a way of politely getting their attention
例
Excuse me, could you help me with this?
すみません, これを手伝っていただけますか？
02
すみません, 失礼します
said to politely ask someone to move or make space so that one can get past them
例
Excuse me, can you let me through?
すみません, 通してもらえますか？
03
すみません, 失礼します
said to apologize for interrupting someone
例
Excuse me, but could I ask you a quick question?
すみません、ちょっと質問してもいいですか？
04
すみません, 失礼します
said to politely inform someone that one is going to leave or talk to another person
例
Excuse me, I need to go take care of something.
すみません、何か用事を済ませに行かなければなりません。
05
すみません、どこに行くか見ていませんでした。
said to apologize when one makes a rude noise or does something wrong
例
Excuse me, I wasn’t looking where I was going.
すみません、どこに行くのか見ていませんでした。
06
すみません, え？
said to ask someone to repeat what they have said because it could not be heard
例
Excuse me, could you repeat that please?
すみません、もう一度言っていただけますか？
07
すみません
said before one disagrees with someone in order to not be rude or offensive
例
Excuse me, but I don't think that's true.
すみません, しかしそれは本当だとは思いません。
