遅れる (okureru)
遅れる (おくれる, okureru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be late; to be delayed”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おくれる
- Romaji
- okureru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue · ichidan verb, intransitive · usu. 遅れる
- to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be behind (the times) · ichidan verb, intransitive · oft. 後れる
- to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death · ichidan verb, intransitive · oft. 後れる
- to be slow (of a clock or watch) · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 遅れる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 遅れる | おくれる okureru |
| Polite (~masu) | 遅れます | おくれます okuremasu |
| Negative | 遅れない | おくれない okurenai |
| Polite negative | 遅れません | おくれません okuremasen |
| Past | 遅れた | おくれた okureta |
| Polite past | 遅れました | おくれました okuremashita |
| Negative past | 遅れなかった | おくれなかった okurenakatta |
| Te-form | 遅れて | おくれて okurete |
| Potential | 遅れられる | おくれられる okurerareru |
| Passive | 遅れられる | おくれられる okurerareru |
| Causative | 遅れさせる | おくれさせる okuresaseru |
| Volitional | 遅れよう | おくれよう okureyou |
| Imperative | 遅れろ | おくれろ okurero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 遅れれば | おくれれば okurereba |
Kanji in 遅れる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 遅れる.
Source: JMdict entry 1589040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.