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 おそく [òsókú]
Terminal (終止形) 遅い おそい
おそ​い
[òsóí]
[òsóꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 遅い おそい [òsóí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 遅くない おそくな​い [òsókúnáꜜì]
Informal past 遅かった おそ​かった [òsóꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 遅くなかった おそくな​かった [òsókúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 遅いです おそ​いです [òsóꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 遅くて おそ​くて [òsóꜜkùtè]
Conditional 遅ければ おそ​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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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