Saying Sorry in Japanese (Part 4)

おじゃまします translates into ‘sorry for disturbing you’ and essentially means the same sort of thing as しつれいします. It’s more preferred in informal situations, like entering or leaving your friend’s house, because it sounds softer.

NOTE: when entering somewhere it’s おじゃまします (present tense), and when leaving it’s おじゃましました (past tense).