遅ー
おそう · osoi
JLPT N5 i-adjective 語幹
遅ー is the stem of 遅ーい — slow, time-consuming, sluggish.
- late (in the day), towards the end (of the day or night), until a time far into the day or night
- later (than expected or usual), late, behind schedule, behind time, tardy, overdue, unpunctual
How it’s built
遅ーい
遅ー
Stem (語幹). The part that does not change. Adjectives and some words appear as a bare stem in compounds or exclamations.
遅ーい is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 遅ーい. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 遅ーい
| Negative (ない形) | 遅ーくないおそうくない |
| Past (た形) | 遅ーかったおそうかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 遅ーくなかったおそうくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 遅ーくておそうくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 遅ーくおそうく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 遅ーいおそうい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 遅ーければおそうければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 遅ーかったらおそうかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 遅ーくなるおそうくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 遅ーすぎるおそうすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
遅ーけれ遅ーきゃ遅ーけりゃ遅ーかろ遅ーかろう遅ーかろふ遅ーい遅ーく遅ーかっSave your words
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