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Must-use Japanese: 失礼します Shitsurei-shimasu

失礼します basically means “I’m sorry/Excuse me in advance.”

It’s a formality said whenever you enter someone’s home or a meeting room at another office to seek forgiveness from the host for any inconveniences you may cause by being there.

Actually, it’s also used when you leave the home or meeting room too, to convey a different meaning: “Please forgive me for leaving (so soon).”

So the rule of thumb is to say 失礼します Shitsurei-shimasu with a slight bow upon entering and leaving the room you are invited into.

Again, it’s just a formality that people are just conditioned to do. Japanese people do not expect non-Japanese guests to do it, so if you do, you win their respect automatically 😁!

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