That’s So Cliché, but I Forgive You! 9 Excuses for Showing Up Late that Made Japanese Women Laugh

7. Say something that she wouldn’t be able to argue about: “There was a ghost and I couldn’t get out of bed.”


“It’s happened to me before, so I didn’t quite believe him, but I also couldn’t question him further,” admitted a Japanese woman in her 20s. You could convince her that it wasn’t your fault. “Feeling dizzy” and “anemia” are also excuses that Japanese women are likely to understand.