御免

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) ごめん [gòméń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞mẽ̞ɴ]

御(ご)免(めん) • (gomen) 

1. something one wants to have no involvement in

   トラブルはごめんだ。

   Toraburu wa gomen da.

   Keep me out of your troubles.

2. (informal) Clipping of 御免なさい (gomennasai, “I'm sorry”).
   • 1996 July 15, Adachi, Mitsuru, “途中下車 [Stopover]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 94:

     一(いっ)緒(しょ)にいると楽(たの)しかったから、…だまってた。ゴメンね。

     Issho ni iru to tanoshikatta kara, …damatteta. Gomen ne.

     We had a lot of fun together, …so I didn’t want to tell you. Sorry.

   • 2005 November 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)ファイナル [Armed Alchemy: The Final Act]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 9, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     ゴメン　斗(ト)貴(キ)子(コ)さん　その約(やく)束(そく)守(まも)れない　本(ほん)当(とう)にゴメン

     Gomen Tokiko-san Sono yakusoku mamorenai Hontō ni gomen

     I’m sorry, Tokiko-san. I can’t keep that promise. I’m really sorry.

   • 2016, ライフ イズ ストレンジ [Life Is Strange], Dontnod Entertainment, Square Enix, spoken by Maxine “Max” Caulfield (Kumi Tanaka):

     クロエ　ごめんね…　こんなのイヤだけど…　でも…

     Kuroe gomen ne… konna no iya da kedo… demo…

     Chloe, I’m so, so sorry… I don’t wanna do this… but…

• Often followed by the particle ね (ne), i.e.

  ごめんね！ ― gomen ne! ― I'm sorry!

• This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as ゴメン.

• 切捨御免(きりすてごめん) (kirisute gomen)