行いき遅おくれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be late getting married; miss the marriageable age

Often used for women who remain unmarried past the typical age; carries a somewhat old-fashioned or societal nuance. The phrase 嫁に行き遅れる is a common collocation.

See also: 嫁に行き遅れる

• 彼かの女じょは行いき遅おくれてしまったと周まわりから言いわれる。

  People around her say she missed her chance to get married.

• 昔むかしは三さん十じゅっ歳さいを過すぎると行いき遅おくれたと言いわれたものだ。

  In the old days, they used to say you were late getting married if you were over thirty.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be late going somewhere; be delayed in departing

Used when someone is late in setting off for a destination; less common than the marriage sense.

• 待まち合あわせに行いき遅おくれて、友とも達だちを怒おこらせてしまった。

  I was late going to the meeting place and made my friend angry.