Illustration: At a small ferry terminal, the last passenger steps off the gangway onto the ferry while a crew member waits with one hand on the mechanism that will raise it.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

遅おそくとも

osokutomo

at the latest

Example sentences

  1. 遅おそくとも午前ごぜん０時じまでには家いえに帰かえる。

    I’ll be home by midnight at the latest.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは、遅おそくとも月曜げつようの朝あさまでには戻もどるでしょう。

    He’ll be back by Monday morning at the latest.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは遅おそくとも月曜日げつようびまでには帰かえって来くるでしょう。

    He will be back by Monday at the latest.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 遅

  • 遅slow; lateOnチKunおくれる・おくらす・おそい

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