すんずれい

noun

excuse me; pardon me

Dated slang for a casual apology or request for pardon, similar to 失礼 but with a more old-fashioned, rough, or jocular feel. Not used in modern polite conversation.

See also: 失礼

• 「すんずれい」なんて、今いまどき聞きかないよ。

  You don't hear 'sunzurei' these days.

• 昔むかしの不ふ良りょう漫まん画がで「すんずれい！」って言いうシーンがあった。

  In old delinquent manga, there was a scene where someone said 'Sunzurei!'