おそい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
遅い
晩い
鈍い

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "遅い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 遅く そく [òsókú]
Terminal (終止形) 遅い そい
[òsóí]
[òsóꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 遅い そい [òsóí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 遅くない そくな [òsókúnáꜜì]
Informal past 遅かった かった [òsóꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 遅くなかった そくなかった [òsókúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 遅いです いです [òsóꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 遅くて くて [òsóꜜkùtè]
Conditional 遅ければ ければ [òsóꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

おそい (osoi) おそい (osoi)? -i (adverbial おそく (osoku))

  1. 遅い: slow, late (as in delayed)
    Antonym: 速い (hayai, fast)
  2. 遅い, 晩い: late (as in during the day)
    Antonym: 早い (hayai, early)

Inflection

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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