Excuse Me In Japanese Novels & Stories

While walking and looking around I didn't notice that there was already someone in front of me. “Ah, S-Sumimasen! (Sorry/Excuse me)” woah, that's nihonggo. You really are an anime addict, Agatha. You even adapt it here, tsk! “Tss, next time look at where you're going. Stupid.” it rudely says. He's mean! Who gave him the right to insult me? Are we close? Are we friendd? “That's why I apologize, didn't I?” I respond sarcastically to what he said.

He gives me a cheeky grin as we make our way back from where we came from. “ 君は(You!)” One of the guards shouts at Zayne when we take the first left. I guess I’m going to have to step in. “ 申し訳ありません(I’m sorry)” I reply in Japanese. “ごめんなさい？ 彼は花を摘んだ (Sorry? He picked the flower).” The guard replies pointing at my hair. I try to smile as I stand there looking stupid, wearing the evidence of Zayne’s crime.

He looked down to find that a cucumber resting against his shoe. ‘Weeeird.’ “Excuse me, ‘Bocchan’, I seemed to have dropped my cucumber. Would you mind picking that up for me?” Tamashi turned around to find an older-looking man standing with two grocery bags in his arms. “Uh, sure, just let me- wait a minute, what did you just call me?” “I don’t remember. What did I call you?” “You called me the Japanese word for boy, the one specifically used as an insult.” “Ah, you know Japanese?”

she laughed, looking me up and down like I was dinner. I chuckled and bowed respectfully. “Kon'nichiwa, okusama.” I greeted her. I know my accent isn’t right, but I’m from Boston, and it's not easy to hide this accent. Her face lit up like it was Christmas or something when she heard me speaking Japanese. “HE KNOWS JAPANESE!” she shouted to the rest of the house. I chuckled, shrugging. “Let the boy in.” an older man sighed, taking her arm so I could step in. “It’s cold out there.” he added.

"Moshi moshi?" a voice came from the other end. "Kon'nichiwa, Toyomi-san, boku desu, Grey. Tasukete hoshii n desu. Futsū no irai janai kedo, hijō ni jiki desu. Tetsudatte kuremasen ka? (Hello, Mr. Toyomi, it's me, Grey. I need your help. It's not a usual request, but it's an emergency. Can you help me?)" Grey asked in fluent Japanese.

I whisper. I slide closer to Damian as I start to speak to the men. "Watashitachi o kizutsukenaide kudasai. Watashitachiha okane ga arimasen." (Please don't hurt us. We have no money). My voice cracks as I say this. They look at each other before turning back to us, their gazes deadly.

I let out small noises, but I don’t even know if I’m saying anything he can understand. I feel him let go of me, laying me down on what feels soft but cold to my skin. I cry out for him. I cry as loud as I can and I ask him not to leave me, but I don’t know if I’m saying those exact words. In my mind, I’m just begging for him to stay, but he doesn’t. I don’t think he can. “Gomenasai (I’m sorry). Watashitachi wa itsumo anata to issho ni imasu (we will always be with you).”

Aiden As Aiden stepped across the threshold of the apartment, he said, “Tadaima,” the Japanese phrase meaning I’m home that Haru had taught them when he was eight. At the time, Aiden had insisted to his brothers they incorporate Japanese daily expressions into their lives so that both Reo and Haru would be able to quickly settle into their new environment. After all, he wanted them to feel at home, as a part of the new family as soon as possible. Of course, it didn’t take any of them long to learn all the phrases, and once they started using them, they never stopped, and as Aiden had predicted, both Reo and Haru quickly and smoothly settled into their new life with their new stepbrothers.

Albert reached out his hand and tapped Jiro on his head, and he had a straight expression on his face as he said, “Jiro, do you still need to doubt Master Wade’s words? When has he ever not kept his word?” Jiro touched the back of his head and laughed as he said, “Don Albert, you’re right. You’re right!” After saying that, Jiro hurriedly looked at Charlie as he gratefully mixed Oskian dialect and Japanese as he bowed deeply in front of Charlie and said, “Yes! Thank you so much, Mr. Wade! Arigatou gozaimasu!”