Illustration: In a Japanese apartment, a resident sits beside a kitchen chair with a loose leg, a screwdriver and replacement screw already laid out within easy reach. Instead of starting the repair, the resident drapes a cloth over the chair and slides the tools beneath it with one foot.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

先さき送おくり

sakiokuri

to postpone, to put off

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは彼かれの叔父おじさんの死しのことを彼かれに話はなすのを出来できる限かぎり先送さきおくりした。

    I delayed telling him about his uncle’s death as long as I could.

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  2. しかし、幼少ようしょうのため出家しゅっけは先送さきおくりされる。

    However, his entry into the priesthood was postponed as he was still so young.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 当初とうしょはこの制度せいどは円滑えんかつに動うごいていたが、後ごに年寄としよりたちが案件あんけんを翌月よくげつに先送さきおくりするようになり、さらに渋滞じゅうたいを招まねいた。

    This system went smoothly at first, but councilors gradually became apt to put off their decisions to the following month, causing further delays in government affairs.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 先送

  • 先before; aheadOnセンKunさき・まず
  • 送escort; sendOnソウKunおくる

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