also: すんません · すぃません
Colloquial contraction of すみません. Used in the same range of situations: apologizing, getting attention, or expressing gratitude. Slightly more casual than すみません.
See also: すみません
Excuse me, please let me through.
Sorry I'm late.
Thank you for going out of your way to deliver it.
すいません is the standard casual apology, while サーセン is an even more slangy, abbreviated version used mainly in texting or among close friends.
Further contracted casual form, often heard in informal Kansai speech.
Katakana spelling, sometimes used for emphasis or in informal writing.
Katakana spelling of the contracted form.
Colloquial contraction of すみません, which itself is the polite negative form of 済む (to finish, to be settled). The sound change from /mi/ to /i/ is common in casual speech.