月つき遅おくれ

noun

a month or older; one month behind

Refers to something that is a month past its usual or expected date, such as a late event, a delayed publication, or an item that is a month old.

• 月つき遅おくれの雑ざっ誌しを買かってしまった。

  I accidentally bought a magazine that is a month old.

• 今年ことしのひな祭まつりは月つき遅おくれで祝いわう地ち域いきもある。

  In some regions, Hinamatsuri is celebrated a month later this year.

noun

back number of a monthly magazine

Specifically used for issues of a monthly publication that are from a previous month, i.e., back issues.

• 月つき遅おくれの号ごうは書しょ店てんで割わり引びきされていることがある。

  Back issues of the monthly magazine are sometimes discounted at bookstores.