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When you make an excuse you say that you were sidetracked and is there a handy excuse catch phrase like that in Japanese?

2006-06-28 17:47:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

Yep I am going to say osore irimasu ga sokusen ni shimashita.

2006-06-28 19:16:01 · update #1

blackdog san arigatou osoru toki ni iiwake wa "I was sidetracked by xxx" to iou also you could say it as damasu to sidetrack a person. I am not sure my word in japanese correct.

2006-06-29 02:17:28 · update #2

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Unfortunately, I don't know what 'sidetracked' means. I've looked into it in a dictionary and have got this.

sidetrack
distract somebody : to divert somebody from the original subject or activity

I think the appropriate translation is 'hagurakasu'.

2006-06-29 01:56:18 · answer #1 · answered by Black Dog 4 · 2 1

Wakari Ni

2006-06-28 17:51:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Signum sine tinnitu

2006-06-28 17:52:45 · answer #3 · answered by bambino 1 · 0 0

脱線させる <<

2006-06-28 17:52:34 · answer #4 · answered by WILD 1 · 0 0

脱線させる

2006-06-28 17:52:38 · answer #5 · answered by Curtis A 1 · 0 0

it's a universal sound, well known through out the world, just say:

huh?

2006-06-28 17:50:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

sokusen

2006-06-28 17:49:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

shidetwacked

2006-06-28 17:54:54 · answer #8 · answered by kep1 3 · 1 0

Sorry, I can't help you.

2006-06-28 17:50:50 · answer #9 · answered by plays w/words 2 · 0 0

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