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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 遅い - slow, late - osoi

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    遅い

    Reading

    おそい
    osoi

    Meaning

    is slow

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    遅くない

    Reading

    おそくない
    osokunai

    Meaning

    is not slow

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    遅いです

    Reading

    おそいです
    osoidesu

    Meaning

    is slow

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    遅くありません

    Reading

    おそくありません
    osokuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not slow

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    遅かった

    Reading

    おそかった
    osokatta

    Meaning

    was slow

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    遅くなかった

    Reading

    おそくなかった
    osokunakatta

    Meaning

    was not slow

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    遅かったです

    Reading

    おそかったです
    osokattadesu

    Meaning

    was slow

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    遅くありませんでした

    Reading

    おそくありませんでした
    osokuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not slow

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    遅くて

    Reading

    おそくて
    osokute

    Meaning

    is slow, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    遅くなくて

    Reading

    おそくなくて
    osokunakute

    Meaning

    is not slow, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    遅いだろう

    Reading

    おそいだろう
    osoidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be slow

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    遅くないだろう

    Reading

    おそくないだろう
    osokunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be slow

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    遅いでしょう

    Reading

    おそいでしょう
    osoideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be slow

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    遅くないでしょう

    Reading

    おそくないでしょう
    osokunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be slow

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    遅く

    Reading

    おそく
    osoku

    Meaning

    in a slow way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    遅ければ

    Reading

    おそければ
    osokereba

    Meaning

    if it is slow

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    遅くなければ

    Reading

    おそくなければ
    osokunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not slow

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    遅かったら

    Reading

    おそかったら
    osokattara

    Meaning

    if it was slow

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    遅くなかったら

    Reading

    おそくなかったら
    osokunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not slow

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    遅さ

    Reading

    おそさ
    ososa

    Meaning

    slow-ness (or the quality of being slow)

Word Detail

    word

    遅い

    Meaning

    Slow, Late

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    遅

    Meaning

    Slow, Late

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