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Speech acts are utterances made as part of social interaction in which there are actions. By saying something, speakers also do something. Speech events are social events because they involve parties who speak in a particular situation and place. In Japan there are several expressions that are often used in everyday life. The expression is 挨拶 (aisatsu).挨拶 (aisatsu) in Japanese means “greeting” in Indonesian. One of them is the expression of the word すみません (sumimasen). Sumimasen is also used in several speech act situations other than apologizing (shazai), such as thanking (kansya), asking for help (irai), and greeting or attracting the attention of the speech partner (yobikake). First, when used as an expression of apology, sumimasen is equivalent to the meaning of "sorry", second when it is used as an expression of thanks, sumimasen is equivalent to the meaning of "thank you", third when it is used as an expression to ask for help, sumimasen is equivalent to the meaning "could you help me", and fourth when it is used as an expression calling or attracting the attention of the speech partner, sumimasen has the same meaning. Sumimasen can be said to have become a word familiar to foreigners who have visited or lived in Japan. This may be due to how often Japanese people say this word. Sumimasen is a unique expression of apology in Japanese. This expression does not only mean as an expression of apology, but the expression can have meanings such as thanking, or greeting someone. Often the meaning of sumimasen is equated with the meaning of "sorry" in English. Meanwhile, the meaning of the expression sumimasen in Japanese has an pronunciation that can be said. itself, is not limited to situations of apologizing. This often causes misunderstandings for non-Japanese language learners who do not have sufficient knowledge about the use of the word sumimasen. The purpose of this writing is to inform and understand the meaning of sumimasen. one of the Japanese expressions of apology which is not only used in apologizing situations. This paper uses the library method, and the results of research on similar topics.
Keyword : Expression of Sorry, Sumimasen, Speech Situation | en_US |
