すまん

Japanese

Etymology

Perhaps contracted from すみません (sumimasen).

Interjection

すまん (rōmaji suman)

  1. (colloquial) I'm sorry
    • 1998 March 13, Abiko, Miwa, “みかん・絵日記特別編　言の葉の泉　後編 [Mikan Picture Diary Special: A Fountain of Words: Last Chapter]”, in みかん・絵日記 [Mikan Picture Diary], volume 5 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusensha, page 16:
      オレ…悪 (わる)いこと言 (い)ったなー世 (せ)界 (かい)で１匹 (ぴき)とか言 (い)ったの　オレだよな　すまーん！
      Ore… warui koto itta nā sekai de ippiki toka itta no Ore da yo na Sumān!
      I… I did say that terrible thing about ‘the only one in the world.’ I’m so sorry!
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