"すみません" meaning in Japanese

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "済む",
        "2": "すむ",
        "3": "to finish; to be settled"
      },
      "expansion": "済(す)む (sumu, “to finish; to be settled”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Negative of 済(す)む (sumu, “to finish; to be settled”), lit. \"(the trouble) is not settled\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sumimasen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "すみません • (sumimasen)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sorry! (in apology, more formal than ごめんなさい (gomennasai))"
      ],
      "id": "en-すみません-ja-intj-08xHyS9Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "sorry",
          "sorry"
        ],
        [
          "ごめんなさい",
          "ごめんなさい#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 65 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 72 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "excuse me! (attempting to get someone's attention)"
      ],
      "id": "en-すみません-ja-intj-25~LXAPY",
      "links": [
        [
          "excuse me",
          "excuse me"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thank you! (in the case of someone having done something for you)"
      ],
      "id": "en-すみません-ja-intj-dYdVCCWP",
      "links": [
        [
          "thank you",
          "thank you"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɨmʲima̠sẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sunmasen",
      "word": "すんません"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "suimasen",
      "word": "すいません"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sāsen",
      "word": "さーせん"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sumanai",
      "word": "済まない"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "suman",
      "word": "すまん"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sumanu",
      "word": "すまぬ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sumanakatta",
      "word": "すまなかった"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sumankatta",
      "word": "すまんかった"
    }
  ],
  "word": "すみません"
}

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    "Japanese interjections",
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "済む",
        "2": "すむ",
        "3": "to finish; to be settled"
      },
      "expansion": "済(す)む (sumu, “to finish; to be settled”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Negative of 済(す)む (sumu, “to finish; to be settled”), lit. \"(the trouble) is not settled\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sumimasen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "すみません • (sumimasen)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sorry! (in apology, more formal than ごめんなさい (gomennasai))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sorry",
          "sorry"
        ],
        [
          "ごめんなさい",
          "ごめんなさい#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "excuse me",
          "excuse me"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thank you! (in the case of someone having done something for you)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thank you",
          "thank you"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɨmʲima̠sẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "sunmasen",
      "word": "すんません"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suimasen",
      "word": "すいません"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sāsen",
      "word": "さーせん"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sumanai",
      "word": "済まない"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suman",
      "word": "すまん"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sumanu",
      "word": "すまぬ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sumanakatta",
      "word": "すまなかった"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sumankatta",
      "word": "すまんかった"
    }
  ],
  "word": "すみません"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "すみません"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "すみません",
  "trace": ""
}