JLPT N5 · い-adjective

遅い (osoi)

遅い (おそい, osoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “slow”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おそい
Romaji: osoi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

slow · い-adjective · occ. written as 鈍い
late · い-adjective · occ. written as 晩い
too late · い-adjective · usu. as もう〜 or もはや〜; occ. written as 晩い

Example sentences

彼女は走るのが遅い。

She is a slow runner.

ジムの父はいつも帰宅が遅い。

Jim's father always comes home late.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 遅い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	遅い	おそい osoi
Negative	遅くない	おそくない osokunai
Past	遅かった	おそかった osokatta
Negative past	遅くなかった	おそくなかった osokunakatta
Te-form	遅くて	おそくて osokute
Adverb (~ku)	遅く	おそく osoku
Conditional (~ba)	遅ければ	おそければ osokereba

Kanji in 遅い

slow, late, backチ・おく.れる・おく.らす · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 遅い.

遅れるおくれるto be late遅れおくれdelay遅刻ちこくlateness遅らすおくらすto delay手遅れておくれbeing too late遅くともおそくともat the latest

Source: JMdict entry 1421970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.