遅おくれ

お

く

れ

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

Refers to a state of being late, behind schedule, or delayed. Often used in contexts like transportation, work progress, or response time.

falling behind in; lagging behind in

Used as a suffix attached to nouns indicating the area or subject in which one is behind, e.g., 勉強の遅れ (falling behind in studies).

〈事こと〉に遅おくれが出でるfor a delay to occur in something
工こう事じの進しん行こうに遅おくれが出でている。
There has been a delay in the construction progress.
〈数かず〉分ふんの遅おくれa delay of ... minutes
電でん車しゃは10分ぷんの遅おくれで到とう着ちゃくした。
The train arrived with a ten-minute delay.
遅おくれを解かい消しょうするto make up for a delay; to catch up
勉べん強きょうの遅おくれを解かい消しょうするために毎まい日にち復ふく習しゅうしている。
I review every day to catch up on my studies.
遅おくれが生しょうじるfor a delay to arise
システムの不ふ具ぐ合あいで作さ業ぎょうに遅おくれが生しょうじた。
A system glitch caused a delay in the work.

遅ち延えん sense 1
遅延 is the formal, often technical word for a delay (e.g. train or system delays), while 遅れ is the everyday, more general term.
遅ち刻こくN4sense 1
遅刻 specifically means arriving late to a scheduled event like school or work, whereas 遅れ is a broader noun for any kind of lag or delay.
停てい滞たいN1sense 2
停滞 emphasizes a stall or lack of progress, while 遅れ (in the sense of falling behind) focuses on being behind a pace or standard.
遅ち滞たい
遅れ is the everyday word for being late or delayed, while 遅滞 is a stiffer, more formal term used in official or written contexts.

進すすみN1
進み describes forward progress or advancement, while 遅れ describes a delay or lag behind schedule.

遅おそめN3
遅れ is a noun meaning 'a delay' or 'lateness', whereas 遅め is a degree word meaning 'somewhat late/slow' and doesn't imply being behind schedule.

遅おくれるN4
be late; be delayed; fall behind schedule · fall behind; lag behind; be behind the times · be preceded in death; be bereaved of · be slow (clock or watch)
手て遅おくれN1
too late; missed the chance
時じ代だい遅おくれ
old-fashioned; behind the times; outdated
月つき遅おくれ
a month or older; one month behind · back number of a monthly magazine
出だし遅おくれ
belated; late; delayed

Show 6 more

遅おくれUsage87%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
おくれUsage8%
後おくれUsage4%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners should recognize it but use 遅れ in production.

Noun form of the verb 遅れる (to be late). The kanji 遅 carries the meaning of 'slow' or 'late'.