手て遅おくれ

ておくれ teokure

too late
belated treatment

noun

Chinese meanings

为时已晚

Examples

Furigana

手後れにならないうちに、必要な措置を取るべきです。
We should take the necessary steps before it's too late.
应当在太迟之前采取必要措施。
Tatoeba #148595
もう手て遅おくれだ。
The damage is done.
已经太晚了。
Tatoeba #194172

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b54b2396f3'); // 手遅れ

{
  "id": "b54b2396f3",
  "word": "手遅れ",
  "reading": "ておくれ",
  "romaji": "teokure",
  "meanings": [
    "too late",
    "belated treatment"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1328120,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "手後れにならないうちに、必要な措置を取るべきです。",
      "en": "We should take the necessary steps before it's too late.",
      "tatoeba_id": 148595
    },
    {
      "ja": "もう手遅れだ。",
      "furigana": "もう{手遅|ておく}れだ。",
      "en": "The damage is done.",
      "tatoeba_id": 194172
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "7a43214df4b7feae9a3a7399e1bab551125943f066a786c0686973c4385284fd",
    "meanings": [
      "为时已晚"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "手後れにならないうちに、必要な措置を取るべきです。",
        "zh": "应当在太迟之前采取必要措施。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "もう手遅れだ。",
        "zh": "已经太晚了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/b54b2396f3",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1328120; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "a952b39b4363090466cb80edf93e590122ab7a7570b5452d11eaf814ad676646"
  }
}