遅おくれる

おくれる okureru

to be late

ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

迟到；延误

Examples

Furigana

電でん車しゃはほとんど一いち時じ間かん遅おくれだった。
The train was almost an hour behind time.
列车晚点了将近一个小时。
Tatoeba #124786
月げつ曜よう日びにはバスはたいてい遅おくれる。
On Mondays, the buses are late more often than not.
星期一公交车通常会晚点。
Tatoeba #175601

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ae8ce3986c'); // 遅れる

{
  "id": "ae8ce3986c",
  "word": "遅れる",
  "reading": "おくれる",
  "romaji": "okureru",
  "meanings": [
    "to be late"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1589040,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "電車はほとんど一時間遅れだった。",
      "furigana": "{電車|でんしゃ}はほとんど{一時間|いちじかん}{遅|おく}れだった。",
      "en": "The train was almost an hour behind time.",
      "tatoeba_id": 124786
    },
    {
      "ja": "月曜日にはバスはたいてい遅れる。",
      "furigana": "{月曜日|げつようび}にはバスはたいてい{遅|おく}れる。",
      "en": "On Mondays, the buses are late more often than not.",
      "tatoeba_id": 175601
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "f1e49bce60c997fd1d6479b94edb84cf04a3e54396b71d6a95d749acbe50c009",
    "meanings": [
      "迟到",
      "延误"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "電車はほとんど一時間遅れだった。",
        "zh": "列车晚点了将近一个小时。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "月曜日にはバスはたいてい遅れる。",
        "zh": "星期一公交车通常会晚点。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/ae8ce3986c",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "18d4f1fdede4e359c5f5c3832b4f9410a7a817c491bd37c53f180c9fd33c870d"
  }
}