お先に失礼します。
Osaki ni shitsurei shimasu.
Excuse me for leaving before you.
- Word for word
- “I will be rude and go first.”
- Politeness: Polite
- です/ます style. The safe default with strangers, shop staff and colleagues.
- When you would say it
- Leaving the office while others stay.
- Worth knowing
- Colleagues reply お疲れ様でした.