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遅い (おそい) — slow | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

遅い

おそい

N5

i-adjective

Meanings

1slow
2(to be) late
3late
4too late

Example sentence

もう遅いですから、帰りましょう。

もうおそいですから、かえりましょう。

It's already late, so let's go home.

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Kanji in this word

遅Slow, Late, Back12 strokes

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