失礼しました。
Shitsurei shimashita.
Sorry for the interruption / excuse me.
- Word for word
- “I was rude.”
- Politeness: Polite
- です/ます style. The safe default with strangers, shop staff and colleagues.
- When you would say it
- After bumping into someone, interrupting, or leaving a room.
- Worth knowing
- Past tense: you are apologising for what has just happened.