遅い
N5おそい osoi
- late
- slow
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
晚;慢
Examples
- 遅くなっても何もないよりはまし。Better late than never.迟到总比不到好。
- そういうわけで遅くなったのです。That's why I was late.所以才迟到了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a082687f7a'); // 遅い
{
"id": "a082687f7a",
"word": "遅い",
"reading": "おそい",
"romaji": "osoi",
"meanings": [
"late",
"slow"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1421970,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "遅くなっても何もないよりはまし。",
"furigana": "{遅|おそ}くなっても{何|なに}もないよりはまし。",
"en": "Better late than never.",
"tatoeba_id": 126737
},
{
"ja": "そういうわけで遅くなったのです。",
"furigana": "そういうわけで{遅|おそ}くなったのです。",
"en": "That's why I was late.",
"tatoeba_id": 213942
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "93ccfe052f5891abda6537138dfbb0b4e5e4a7fa930b01c0503dccba501e8860",
"meanings": [
"晚;慢"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "遅くなっても何もないよりはまし。",
"zh": "迟到总比不到好。"
},
{
"ja": "そういうわけで遅くなったのです。",
"zh": "所以才迟到了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/a082687f7a",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "ecffd09cb07a82f12acb8d4c7bbbb216de4abdc8430c6ce52db3c5b1620dc86c"
}
}