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おくれ
Meanings
Noun
1. delay; lag; falling behind
With this, there shouldn't be much of a delay.
2. falling behind in; lagging behind in
You're not falling behind in your studies?
Alt. forms
遅おくれ
84%
おくれ
6%
後おくれ
5%
オクレ
2%
Pitch accent
お
くれ
Used in: 173
Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
being too late; losing one's final chance
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
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Examples (19 in total)
Delays are not allowed!
You're not falling behind in your studies?
Even so, there is a delay.
They're 30 minutes behind schedule.
I won't fall behind when it comes to speed!
He's worried that he might be late.
Tom turned up thirty minutes late.
We must allow for some delay.
The bus arrived ten minutes behind time.
There's no excuse for his delay.
The train was three hours late.
Delays in deliveries are occurring due to accumulated snow.
With this, there shouldn't be much of a delay.
I attributed the delay in delivery to a traffic jam.
Due to bad weather, the plane arrived three hours late.
The delay forced us to stay overnight in an expensive hotel.
The train arrived 30 minutes late due to a rise in the temperature of the rails.
The plane took off at 11:00 a.m; thirty minutes later than scheduled.
Many roads are flooded. As a result there are long delays.