"すみません" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [Japanese]

IPA: [sɨᵝmʲima̠sẽ̞ɴ] Forms: sumimasen [romanization]
Etymology: Negative of 済(す)む (sumu, “to finish; to be settled”), lit. "(the trouble) is not settled". Etymology templates: {{ja-r|済む|すむ|to finish; to be settled}} 済(す)む (sumu, “to finish; to be settled”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} すみません • (sumimasen)
  1. sorry! (in apology, more formal than ごめんなさい (gomennasai))
    Sense id: en-すみません-ja-intj-08xHyS9Y Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 51 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 42 49 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 42 49 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 42 49 9
  2. excuse me! (attempting to get someone's attention)
    Sense id: en-すみません-ja-intj-25~LXAPY Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 51 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 42 49 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 42 49 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 42 49 9
  3. thank you! (in the case of someone having done something for you)
    Sense id: en-すみません-ja-intj-dYdVCCWP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: すんません (sunmasen), すいません (suimasen), さーせん (sāsen), 済まない (sumanai), すまん (suman), すまぬ (sumanu), すまなかった (sumanakatta), すまんかった (sumankatta)

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