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手遅れ (ておくれ): being (too); belated treatment — Japanese vocabulary

手遅れ is read ておくれ and means "being (too); belated treatment". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

手遅れ

Reading
ておくれ · teokure
Translation
being (too); belated treatment
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ておくれが

Example

もう手遅れだ。

もうておくれだ。

The damage is done.

Kanji in this word

  • 手 — hand
  • 遅 — late, slow

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