I Love Kanji遅れ (okure)
遅れ (おくれ, okure) is a Japanese noun meaning “delay; lag”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おくれ
- Romaji
- okure
- Word class
- Noun
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- delay; lag; falling behind · noun
- falling behind in; lagging behind in · suffix noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Kanji in 遅れ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 遅れ.
Source: JMdict entry 1422020 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.