えん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. postponement; deferment; adjournment
Kanji used
prolong
period (of time)
Pitch accent
んき
Top 13900
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to be postponed; to be deferred; to be delayed
indefinite postponement
indefinite postponement; putting on hold
Examples (54 in total)
We postponed the event.
The decision was put off.
The wedding was put off.
It was announced that the meeting would be put off.
The peace talks have been suspended for a while.
He postponed the party.
We postponed our departure because of the storm.
He put off his trip to Okinawa.
We had to put off the meeting.
The final game was postponed until tomorrow.
The picnic was put off on account of rain.
The athletic meet was postponed due to rain.
I've decided to postpone my trip to Australia.
The meeting will be postponed till the 20th of this month.
They were compelled to postpone their departure.
I've decided to postpone my trip to Boston.
The expedition has postponed its departure to the Antarctic.
We were compelled to put off our departure.
We will have to postpone the game.
Their trip was postponed because of the rain.
He decided to put off his departure.
The meeting was adjourned until the next week.
The meeting was put off until next Friday.
Tom put off his wedding because of a traffic accident.
The heavy rain made them put off their departure.
They put off their departure due to the heavy snow.
We postponed our baseball game for two days.
The football game was postponed on account of bad weather.
I suggested that the plan be postponed.
If it is rainy tomorrow, the game will be put off.
I suggested that the meeting be put off.
I will put off my departure if it rains.
He regretted that he had put off going to the doctor.
The baseball game was put off till next Sunday.
The game was postponed until next Sunday.
He postponed leaving for Hokkaido until next month.
The meeting was put off till further notice.
Bob suggested that the party be put off till Wednesday.
The meeting was put off because John was sick.
He suggested that the meeting be put off till Monday.
The party has been put off until next Tuesday.
For the moment, we want to postpone making a decision.
The special lecture was put off until the next day due to the bad weather.
We have to put off making a final decision until next week.
If it were to rain tomorrow, the match would be postponed.
If it rains tomorrow, the baseball game will be put off.
You have to put off your departure for England till next week.
Should it rain tomorrow, the baseball game will be postponed.
The conference was scheduled for March, but it has been put off till April.
I'll postpone my trip to Scotland until it gets warmer.
We heard that the weather was bad, so we decided to put off our trip.
The party was postponed for a week.
If it rains, we will put off our practice match.
I put off answering the letter for a week.