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

Related kanji

N1 遡 so, saku / sakanobo.ru go upstream, retrace the past, río arriba N1 遜 son / shitaga.u, herikuda.ru, yuzu.ru humble, modest N1 逓 tei / kawa.ru, tagaini relay, in turn, sending N3 選 sen / era.bu, e.ru, yo.ru elect, select, choose N4 送 sou / oku.ru escort, send, escorter N3 退 tai / shirizo.ku, shirizo.keru, hi.ku, no.ku, no.keru, do.ku retreat, withdraw, retire N1 遺 i, yui / noko.su bequeath, leave behind, reserve N3 追 tsui / o.u chase, drive away, follow N3 逃 tou / ni.geru, ni.gasu, noga.su, noga.reru escape, flee, shirk

Words with this kanji

N1 遅らす okurasu to retard, to delay N1 遅くとも osokutomo at the latest N1 手遅れ teokure being (too); belated treatment N3 遅れ okure delay, lag N3 遅刻 chikoku lateness, being late N4 遅れる okureru be late, be delayed N5 遅い osoi late, slow

Sentences with this kanji

N4 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 N5 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 N4 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 N5 電車に乗り遅れてしまいました。 Densha ni noriokurete shimaimashita. I missed the train accidentally. N5 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. N3 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