遅れる

Meanings

1. to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue
2. to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be behind (the times)
3. to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
4. to be slow (of a clock or watch)

Part of speech: ichidan verb, intransitive

Kanji

• 遅

  Meanings

  slow, late, back, later

  On reading

  チ

  Kun reading

  おく.れる、おく.らす、おそ.い

  Strokes

  12

Example sentences

• アンディはけっしてデートにおくれたことはない。

  Andy is never late for a date.

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• 彼女は勉強が非常に後れている。

  She's far behind in her studies.

  Tatoeba #86800 · CC BY 2.0 FR