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すみません

sumimasen = sorry / excuse me

Soup splashes as a Meteor lands, startling a baby calling Ma whose Celery bumps a statue murmuring Hmm; the baby says, Excuse Me.

A meteor splashes a red soup bowl onto a calling baby holding one intact leafy celery bundle. The bundle bumps a thoughtful statue, prompting an apology. All subjects have coherent anatomy.

How to remember すみません

Each sound in sumimasen has a picture. Put them together and you get the scene above.

す
su → Soupみ
mi → Meteorま
ma → Maせ
se → Celeryん
n → Hmm

Also in lesson 19

ありがとう arigatou · thank youさようなら sayounara · goodbyeとり tori · birdよい yoi · good (formal)

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