Translation guide
The act of delaying or putting off an event, meeting, or action to a later time.
To delay or reschedule an event, plan, or action to a later time.
The most common and neutral word for postponement of events, meetings, or plans.
The meeting has been postponed to next week.
We decided to postpone the trip.
Often used for postponing decisions, problems, or tasks, sometimes with a nuance of kicking the can down the road.
It's not good to put off solving the problem.
Used specifically for postponing an outdoor event to the next available date due to weather, often in formal announcements.
Due to rain, the sports day will be postponed to tomorrow.
To delay doing something, often due to procrastination or avoidance.
To put something off until later, often implying lower priority or procrastination.
I put off my homework and played games.
To drag out or prolong something, often with a negative connotation of unnecessary delay.
To dawdle or procrastinate, often used for personal hesitation or laziness.
Stop dawdling and get ready quickly.
Formal postponement of a legal proceeding, payment, or official decision.
延期 is neutral and widely used for rescheduling events. 先送り often implies avoiding a decision or problem, with a negative nuance.
While ポストポーン is sometimes used in IT contexts (e.g., postponing a task in project management), it is not natural in everyday Japanese. Use 延期 or other native expressions instead.
He is dragging out his reply.
The postponement of the trial was granted.