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Let’s take a look at how to use this word in a sentence!

Example Sentences

First, let’s look at what the boy in our example picture is saying! First, let’s make a word bank!

English	Hiragana	Kanji	Romaji (reading)
Excuse me	しつれい します	失礼します	Shitsurei shimasu
Serinuma	せりぬま	芹沼	Serinuma
Upperclass men	せんぱい	先輩	Senpai

Now, let’s write out what he said in romaji!:

“Shitsurei shimasu. Serinuma-senpai.”

Let’s change it to hiragana:

“しつれい　します。せりぬま　せんぱい.”

And lastly, let’s add in the kanji:

”失礼　します。芹沼　先輩.”

We can translate this sentence using our word bank at the top:

“Excuse me, Serinuma-senpai.”

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What if we want to say… “Excuse me, is Mr. Takahashi here?” As in… A student walked into the staff room, and asked for Mr. Takahashi!　First up, we need a word bank!

English	Hiragana	Kanji	Romaji (reading)
Excuse me / I’m entering	しつれい します	失礼します	Shitsurei shimasu
Mr. Takahashi	たかはし せんせい	たかはし先生	Takahashi-sensei
Here (lit. exists)	います	います	Imasu

Now that we know all of the relevant words, let’s put them together in a sentence!

First, in romaji only:

“Shitsurei shimasu. Takahashi-sensei wa imasu ka?”

Now using hiragana:

”しつれい　します。たかはし　せんせい　は　います　か？”

Now let’s add in the kanji:

”失礼　します。たかはし　先生　は　います　か？”

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Let’s try one more sentence! What if we want to say… “Excuse me, but did you call for me“? As in, you entered the room, and then asked a teacher if they were looking for you!

Let’s get the word bank started!

English	Hiragana	Kanji	Romaji (reading)
Excuse me	しつれい します	失礼します	Shitsurei shimasu
Teacher	せんせい	先生	Sensei
Me / I	わたし	私	Watashi
To call for	よびます	呼びます	Yobimasu

Alright, let’s make some sentences!

First, using romaji only:

“Shitsurei shimasu. Sensei ga watashi o yobimashita ka?”

Now using hiragana:

“しつれい　します。せんせい　が　わたし　を　よびました　か？”

Now let’s add in the kanji:

”失礼　します。先生　が　私　を　呼びました　か？”

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And that’s shitsure! Have you ever heard this word before?

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