JLPT N2 · い-adjective

申し訳ない (moushiwakenai)

申し訳ない (もうしわけない, moushiwakenai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: もうしわけない
Romaji: moushiwakenai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; I feel guilty · expression, い-adjective
thank you very much (for help, etc.) · expression, い-adjective

Example sentences

申し訳ないけど、できません。

I'm sorry, but it's impossible.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 申し訳ない

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	申し訳ない	もうしわけない moushiwakenai
Negative	申し訳なくない	もうしわけなくない moushiwakenakunai
Past	申し訳なかった	もうしわけなかった moushiwakenakatta
Negative past	申し訳なくなかった	もうしわけなくなかった moushiwakenakunakatta
Te-form	申し訳なくて	もうしわけなくて moushiwakenakute
Adverb (~ku)	申し訳なく	もうしわけなく moushiwakenaku
Conditional (~ba)	申し訳なければ	もうしわけなければ moushiwakenakereba

Kanji in 申し訳ない

申

have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PMシン・もう.す・もう.し- · 5 strokes

訳

translate, reason, circumstanceヤク・わけ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 申し訳ない.

申すもうすto say申し上げるもうしあげるto say申告しんこくreport申し訳もうしわけapology申し込むもうしこむto apply for申請しんせいapplication申込もうしこみapplication申出もうしでproposal申し出るもうしでるto offer申し入れるもうしいれるto propose申し分もうしぶんcomplaint訳わけreason翻訳ほんやくtranslation訳すやくすto translate

Source: JMdict entry 1612040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.