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遅おそい

N5
おそい osoi
  1. late
  2. slow
い-adjective

Chinese meanings

晚;慢

Examples

  • 遅おそくなっても何なにもないよりはまし。
    Better late than never.
    迟到总比不到好。
  • そういうわけで遅おそくなったのです。
    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"
  }
}