Kanji

Level: N3 Strokes: 12

遅

Meaning in English

slow, late, back

Readings

Onyomi: チ Kunyomi: おく.れる, おく.らす, おそ.い Romaji: chi / oku.reru, oku.rasu, oso.i

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遅

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese lento, atrasado, de volta

Spanish lento, tarde, atrás

Korean 느린, 늦은, 뒤

French lent, tardif, arrière

Italian lento, tardi, indietro

German langsam, spät, zurück

Indonesian lambat, terlambat, kembali

★ Vietnamese chậm, muộn, trở lại

Thai ช้า, สาย, ถอยหลัง

Kanji

Related kanji

N1 逮 tai apprehend, chase, appréhender N3 進 shin / susu.mu, susu.meru advance, proceed, progress N3 違 i / chiga.u, chiga.i, chiga.eru, -chiga.eru, taga.u, taga.eru difference, differ, différence N4 週 shuu week, semaine, semana N1 遣 ken / tsuka.u, -tsuka.i, -zuka.i, tsuka.wasu, ya.ru dispatch, despatch, send N3 遠 en, on / too.i distant, far, loin N1 逸 itsu / so.reru, so.rasu, hagu.reru deviate, idleness, leisure N4 通 tsuu, tsu / too.ru, too.ri, -too.ri, -doo.ri, too.su, too.shi, -doo.shi, kayo.u traffic, pass through, avenue N3 連 ren / tsura.naru, tsura.neru, tsu.reru, -zu.re take along, lead, join

Word

Words with this kanji

N4 遅れる okureru be late, be delayed N5 遅い osoi late, slow

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N3 なるほどそういう理由だったから遅れたわけだね Naruhodo sou iu riyuu datta kara okureta wake da ne I see so that is why you were late N3 電車が止まったから遅れたというわけだ Densha ga tomatta kara okureta to iu wake da The train stopped so that is why I was late N3 電車が遅れたせいで会議に間に合わなかった Densha ga okureta sei de kaigi ni maniawanakatta Because the train was late I missed the meeting N3 彼が遅れるはずがないからもう来ていると思う Kare ga okureru hazu ga nai kara mou kite iru to omou There is no way he is late so he must be here N4 電車に乗り遅れてしまいました。 Densha ni noriokurete shimaimashita. I missed the train accidentally. N4 事故のため電車が遅れました。 Jiko no tame densha ga okuremashita. The train was delayed because of an accident. N4 電車が遅れていたのに意外と早く着いて助かったよ Densha ga okurete ita noni igai to hayaku tsuite tasukatta yo Even though the train was late I arrived earlier than expected and it helped N4 最近は夜遅くまで起きないように気をつけている Saikin wa yoru osoku made okinai you ni ki o tsukete iru Recently I try not to stay up late N4 もう少しで電車に乗り遅れるところだった Mou sukoshi de densha ni noriokureru tokoro datta I almost missed the train