遅れてすみません。
Okurete sumimasen.
Sorry I’m late.
- Word for word
- “Sorry for being late.”
- Politeness: Polite
- です/ます style. The safe default with strangers, shop staff and colleagues.
- When you would say it
- Arriving after the agreed time.
- Worth knowing
- A fuller version: 遅くなってすみません (I’ve ended up late).