# 失礼
## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 失礼 – see 失禮 (“to lack manners; to be impolite; to breach etiquette; I'm sorry; excuse me”). (This term is the simplified form of 失禮).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 失 | 礼 |
| しつ Grade: 4 | れい Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 失禮 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 失禮 / 失礼 (syit lej$^X$, literally “lose, loss + propriety”). Compare modern Hokkien 失禮 / 失礼 (sit-lé).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しつれー [shìtsúꜜrèè] (Nakadaka –)
* IPA: [ɕi̥t͡sɨɾe̞ː]

### Adjective

失(しつ)礼(れい) • (shitsurei) -na (adnominal 失(しつ)礼(れい)な (shitsurei na), adverbial 失(しつ)礼(れい)に (shitsurei ni))
* rude, impolite, ill-mannered
    失(しつ)礼(れい)な人(ひと)。
       Shitsurei na hito.
       A rude person.
    そういう言(い)い方(かた)は失(しつ)礼(れい)だ。
       Sō iu iikata wa shitsurei da.
       It's impolite to say it like that.
    失(しつ)礼(れい)ですが。
       Shitsurei desu ga.
       It's a rudeness, but... → I don't mean to be rude, but...

#### Synonyms

* 無(ぶ)礼(れい) (burei)

### Noun

失(しつ)礼(れい) • (shitsurei)
* rudeness, impoliteness
    失(しつ)礼(れい)ですが。
       Shitsurei desu ga.
       It's a rudeness, but... → I don't mean to be rude, but...

#### Synonyms

* 無(ぶ)礼(れい) (burei)

### Interjection

失(しつ)礼(れい) • (shitsurei)
* I'm sorry, excuse me

### Verb

失(しつ)礼(れい)する • (shitsurei suru) suru (stem 失(しつ)礼(れい)し (shitsurei shi), past 失(しつ)礼(れい)した (shitsurei shita))
* to be rude, to do something rude

#### Usage notes

Used idiomatically to mean excuse me or I'm sorry. Examples include:
    失(しつ)礼(れい)しました。
       Shitsurei shimashita.
       I was rude → I'm sorry. (in reference to a past action)
    では、失(しつ)礼(れい)します。
       De wa, shitsurei shimasu.
       I will be rude → Excuse me (said at the end of a phone call just before hanging up)
    お先(さき)に失(しつ)礼(れい)します。
       O-saki ni shitsurei shimasu.
       I will be rude by doing something first → Excuse me, I'm leaving now. (before other people leave)

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 失礼し | しつれいし | shitsurei shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 失礼し | しつれいし | shitsurei shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 失礼する | しつれいする | shitsurei suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 失礼する | しつれいする | shitsurei suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 失礼すれ | しつれいすれ | shitsurei sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 失礼せよ¹ 失礼しろ² | しつれいせよ¹ しつれいしろ² | shitsurei seyo¹ shitsurei shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 失礼される | しつれいされる | shitsurei sareru |
| Causative | 失礼させる 失礼さす | しつれいさせる しつれいさす | shitsurei saseru shitsurei sasu |
| Potential | 失礼できる | しつれいできる | shitsurei dekiru |
| Volitional | 失礼しよう | しつれいしよう | shitsurei shiyō |
| Negative | 失礼しない | しつれいしない | shitsurei shinai |
| Negative continuative | 失礼せず | しつれいせず | shitsurei sezu |
| Formal | 失礼します | しつれいします | shitsurei shimasu |
| Perfective | 失礼した | しつれいした | shitsurei shita |
| Conjunctive | 失礼して | しつれいして | shitsurei shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 失礼すれば | しつれいすれば | shitsurei sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

#### See also

* 失(しつ)礼(れい)します (shitsurei shimasu)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
   * 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.