御免

Japanese

Kanji in this term
御	免
ご Grade: S	めん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
御免 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon

(Tokyo) ごめん [gòméń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞mẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

御(ご)免(めん) • (gomen)

something one wants to have no involvement in
トラブルはごめんだ。
Toraburu wa gomen da.
Keep me out of your troubles.
(informal) Clipping of 御免なさい (gomennasai, “I'm sorry”).
- 1996 July 15, Adachi, Mitsuru, “途中下車 [Stopover]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 94:
  一(いっ)緒(しょ)にいると楽(たの)しかったから、…だまってた。ゴメンね。
  Issho ni iru to tanoshikatta kara, …damatteta. Gomen ne.
  We had a lot of fun together, …so I didn’t want to tell you. Sorry.
- 2005 November 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)ファイナル [Armed Alchemy: The Final Act]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 9, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
  ゴメン　斗(ト)貴(キ)子(コ)さん　その約(やく)束(そく)守(まも)れない　本(ほん)当(とう)にゴメン
  Gomen Tokiko-san Sono yakusoku mamorenai Hontō ni gomen
  I’m sorry, Tokiko-san. I can’t keep that promise. I’m really sorry.
- 2016, ライフイズストレンジ [Life Is Strange], Dontnod Entertainment, Square Enix, spoken by Maxine “Max” Caulfield (Kumi Tanaka):
  クロエ　ごめんね…　こんなのイヤだけど…　でも…
  Kuroe gomen ne… konna no iya da kedo… demo…
  Chloe, I’m so, so sorry… I don’t wanna do this… but…

Usage notes

Often followed by the particle ね (ne), i.e.
ごめんね！ ― gomen ne! ― I'm sorry!
This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as ゴメン.

Derived terms

切捨御免(きりすてごめん) (kirisute gomen)