先さき延のばし

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

procrastination; delay; putting off

Refers to the act of postponing something, often with a negative connotation of avoiding what should be done. Used as a noun or with する.

• 仕し事ごとを先さき延のばしにして、締しめ切きりに間まに合あわなかった。

  I kept putting off the work and missed the deadline.

• 先さき延のばしは問もん題だいを大おおきくするだけだ。

  Procrastination only makes problems bigger.