sorry 意味 & 読み方

日本語でのsorryの意味

• 0 something that you say to be polite when you have done something wrong -- ごめんなさい, すみません, 申し訳ありません（謝罪の言葉）

  • Sorry I’m late.

  • Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t see you there.

• 1 used to show that you are sad about a person or situation -- 気の毒に思って, 残念に思って

  • I was sorry to hear about your accident.

• 2 to feel sympathy for someone because they are in a difficult situation -- ～をかわいそうに思う, ～に同情する

  • I feel so sorry for the children.

• 3 used to say that you wish something in the past had been different -- 後悔する

  • I’m sorry that I ever met him.

• 4 used to politely disagree or refuse to do something -- 申し訳ないが（同意できない時、断る時に用いる）

  • I’m sorry, I don’t agree with you.

• 5 used as a polite way to say that you did not hear what someone has just said -- 何とおっしゃいましたか？

  • Sorry? What was that?