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What does 遅らす (おくらす, okurasu) mean?

遅らす (おくらす, okurasu) means to delay, to postpone.

Quick facts
Readingおくらす
Romajiokurasu
Part of speechgodan verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
おくらす
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonokurasu

to delay, to postpone

  1. 1godan verb · transitive to delay; to postpone; to slow down

Example sentences

  • I pushed the departure time back a bit.

  • We decided to delay the start of the meeting because of the typhoon.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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