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JLPT N5 · Greetings & phrases

ごめんなさい

I'm sorry

Stroke order of ごめんなさい

6 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

ご · 4 strokesめ · 2 strokesん · 1 strokesな · 4 strokesさ · 3 strokesい · 2 strokes

Memory trick

GOMEN-NASAI — 'go men, nah, sigh': go away men, I'm sorry

Parts: Personal apology; softer than すみません

The characters in ごめんなさい

  • ご ご — go (4 strokes)
  • め め — me (2 strokes)
  • ん ん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)
  • な な — na (4 strokes)
  • さ さ — sa (3 strokes)
  • い い — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

遅れて、ごめんなさい。

おくれて、ごめんなさい。

I'm sorry I'm late.

More words: Greetings & phrases

こんにちはhello; good afternoonこんばんはgood eveningおはようgood morning (casual)おはようございますgood morning (polite)さようならgoodbyeおやすみなさいgood nightありがとうthank youありがとうございますthank you (polite)どうもthanks; hiすみませんexcuse me; sorryいただきますlet's eat (before meals)ごちそうさまでしたthanks for the mealはじめましてnice to meet youどうぞよろしくpleased to meet youおねがいしますplease (requesting)

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