Keyword
slow
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1148
Old form遲
Readings
おそ
(54%)
おく
(36%)
ち
(9%)
Composed of
corpse with a flag
sheep
road
Used in vocabulary (172 in total)
slow; late; too late
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
Examples (200 in total)
However, no matter what I said or thought, it was already too late.
But it was already too late.
It seems we were just a little late.