済まない (sumanai)

sorry (phrase)

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

済まない (すまない, sumanai) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “sorry (phrase)”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 1

謝って済むことと済まないことがある。

Sometimes an apology is not enough. (literally: There are things that can be settled by apologizing and things that cannot.)