Alternate ways to say 結構です?


For this question, I mean 結構 in the sense of 'no thanks.'

So if I were to say 結構です informally, it would be 結構. And if I wanted to sound
more strong about it, I would add もう in front of 結構 so it'd be もう結構? But is
there other ways to say this, maybe more gentler? Perhaps like:すみませんがもう結構です or
ごめんがもう結構?

And for 結構, is there any restrictions on how I use it? Like I can use it to
refuse food or drinks, but is there anything that I can't use it to refuse?

Thanks so much in advance, and if I need to further clarify anything, please
let me know.




The general trend here in Japan is that we have been using 「結構{けっこう}です」 less
often every decade. People, unless they are very old, tend to use
「大丈夫{だいじょうぶ}です」 to mean "No thanks!" nowadays. Saying 「結構です」 is still legal,
though.

If you said just 「結構」 without 「です」 informally or formally, you **_could_**
sound pretty rude if you want to know the truth. I cannot recommend it at all
**unless you are an old master of some sort talking to your young disciple**.
If you said that in a restaurant or shop, the whole place would fall into a
silence for a few seconds.

You will often hear us say:

「あ、もう大丈夫/結構です。」,

「もう大丈夫/結構です。どうも。」, etc.

in restaurants when the server asks you, for instance, if you want more
coffee.

Finally, it is neither grammatical nor natural to say:

「ごめん **が** もう結構。」 even if you added 「です」. We just do not say 「ごめん **が** 」 in
any situation. Instead, you can say:

「ごめんなさい、 **でも** もう結構です。」

(「すみません **が** もう結構です。」 is just fine.)




The general trend here in Japan is that we have been using 「結構{けっこう}です」 less
often every decade. People, unless they are very old, tend to use
「大丈夫{だいじょうぶ}です」 to mean "No thanks!" nowadays. Saying 「結構です」 is still legal,
though.

If you said just 「結構」 without 「です」 informally or formally, you **_could_**
sound pretty rude if you want to know the truth. I cannot recommend it at all
**unless you are an old master of some sort talking to your young disciple**.
If you said that in a restaurant or shop, the whole place would fall into a
silence for a few seconds.

You will often hear us say:

「あ、もう大丈夫/結構です。」,

「もう大丈夫/結構です。どうも。」, etc.

in restaurants when the server asks you, for instance, if you want more
coffee.

Finally, it is neither grammatical nor natural to say:

「ごめん **が** もう結構。」 even if you added 「です」. We just do not say 「ごめん **が** 」 in
any situation. Instead, you can say:

「ごめんなさい、 **でも** もう結構です。」

(「すみません **が** もう結構です。」 is just fine.)

