You've never pondered the beauty and provenance of phrases like moushiwake arimasen or omachi kudasai, I take it? I mean, you could say they mean we're sorry a

You've never pondered the beauty and provenance of phrases like moushiwake arimasen or omachi kudasai, I take it? I mean, you could say they mean we're sorry and please wait, but that's also just wrong in a whole other way.