失礼

Meanings

1. discourtesy; impoliteness
2. excuse me; goodbye
3. to leave
4. to be rude

Part of speech: noun, suru verb, intransitive, na-adjective, expression, transitive

Kanji

• 失

  Meanings

  lose, error, fault, disadvantage

  On reading

  シツ

  Kun reading

  うしな.う、う.せる

  Strokes

  5

• 礼

  Meanings

  salute, bow, ceremony, thanks

  On reading

  レイ、ライ

  Strokes

  5

Example sentences

• あなたはこの前の夜の失礼な振る舞いをスミス夫人に謝罪すべきです。

  You should apologize to Mrs. Smith for your rude behavior the other night.

  Tatoeba #232707 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 「失礼ですが」とアンが話に割って入った。

  "Excuse me," Ann broke in.

  Tatoeba #236279 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• それではそろそろ失礼します。

  Well, I must be going.

  Tatoeba #205767 · CC BY 2.0 FR