Textbooks give すみません and ごめんなさい. Among friends, people just say ごめん, often doubled (ごめんごめん) for a quick, light apology, or with ね／な to sound softer. It can also open a request: ごめん、ちょっといい？ (“sorry, got a sec?”).
The everyday apology among friends and family. Too light for a real mistake at work.
At the sea, one performer tells their friend Hanyu that he is getting far too excited.
Sorry, sorry.
Textbookすみません、すみません。Polite 'すみません' becomes the casual 'ごめん', doubled as 'ごめんごめん' for a quick, light apology between friends.
One performer keeps entering an intense 'zone' of focus at trivial moments, and the other complains it's wasted.
Sorry, sorry.
Textbookすみません、すみません。Casual 「ごめん」 replaces 「すみません」; doubling it, 「ごめんごめん」, sounds light and quick.
A comedian doing a flip-card routine marvels that the cards have become surprisingly beautiful.
Culture note A 「フリップネタ」 is a comedy style where jokes are written on large cards flipped over one by one.
Sorry, this is no time to be doing this.
Textbookすみません、こんなことをしている場合ではありませんでした。Casual 「ごめん」 replaces polite 「すみません」 at the start of the line.
Two performers have been trying to calm a child, and they celebrate when it goes quiet after looking at something.
Ah, sorry, don't come closer, sorry sorry sorry!
Textbookあ、すみません、近づかないでください。すみません、すみません、すみません。Polite 'すみません' becomes casual 'ごめん', fired off repeatedly as 'ごめんごめんごめん'; '近づかないでください' also drops 'ください'.
One character tells their partner that they have been hiding a secret.
Culture note A 「キャバ嬢」 is a hostess at a cabaret club, a bar where hostesses chat and drink with paying customers.
Sorry I hid it from you all this time.
Textbook今まで隠していて、すみませんでした。Casual 「ごめん」 plus soft 「ね」 replaces 「すみません」; 「隠していて」 also shortens to 「隠してて」.
In a date scene, one performer keeps asking whether just pushing will work.
Wait, sorry, I forgot all of it — sorry, sorry.
Textbookちょっとすみません、全部忘れています。すみません、すみません。Casual 「ごめん」 replaces 「すみません」, repeated as 「ごめんごめん」 in a flustered rush.
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ごめん means “sorry”. Textbooks give すみません and ごめんなさい. Among friends, people just say ごめん, often doubled (ごめんごめん) for a quick, light apology, or with ね／な to sound softer. It can also open a request: ごめん、ちょっといい？ (“sorry, got a sec?”).
With friends: OK. With coworkers: careful. With a boss or teacher: avoid. The everyday apology among friends and family. Too light for a real mistake at work.
In 2,334 live comedy routines, ごめん appears in 924 lines from 173 comedians.