遅れ (おくれ): delay, lag — Japanese vocabulary
遅れ is read おくれ and means "delay, lag". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
遅れ
- Reading
- おくれ · okure
- Translation
- delay, lag
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Pitch accent
- おくれが
Example
その配達の遅れは交通渋滞のせいと考えた。
そのはいたつのおくれはこうつうじゅうたいのせいとかんがえた。
I attributed the delay in delivery to a traffic jam.
Kanji in this word
- 遅 — late, slow
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