Japanese Has a Phrase That Literally Means I Am About to Be Rude. You Say It First, and Then It's the Politest Thing in the Room.
To say Excuse me. in Japanese, say 失礼します (shitsurei shimasu).
Japanese has a phrase that literally means I'm about to be rude. You say it before you're rude, and then somehow it isn't rude at all.
失礼します
shitsurei shimasu
Excuse me.
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- 失礼します。 shitsurei shimasu Excuse me.
- 前を失礼します。 mae o shitsurei shimasu Excuse me, just squeezing past you.
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