apologize

On-Yomi: シャ — Kun-Yomi: あやま.る

Koohii stories:

1) [erikkusan] 1-3-2006(184): Dick Cheney…

2) [nest0r] 21-1-2008(133): The famous speech by the man that Dick Cheney shot in the face: "I'm sorry for the trouble I have caused the Vice President".

3) [wasurenaide] 17-7-2007(63): socrates says, "shoot first, apologize later".

4) [jonjimbo2000] 16-6-2008(54): Say the words or I'll shoot. Apologize or I'll shoot. Say your sorry.

5) [alanj] 2-12-2008(50): In the Wild West it's shoot first, apologize later, but in Japan the words come first - so polite!