Illustration: In a Japanese apartment, a birthday cake with burning candles waits on a serving trolley just outside the dining room. The host has planted one hand against the trolley to stop a helper from wheeling it toward the eagerly seated children.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

遅おくらす

okurasu

to delay, to postpone

Example sentences

雨あめがやむまで出発しゅっぱつを遅おくらした。
We delayed our departure until the rain stopped.
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会議かいぎを一時間いっじかん遅おくらします。
We’ll delay the meeting by an hour.
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夕食ゆうしょくの時間じかんを少すこし遅おくらそう。
Let’s have dinner a little later.
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Kanji in 遅

遅slow; lateOnチKunおくれる・おくらす・おそい

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