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  2. 遅い

おそい

遅い

N5

slow

osoi

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JLPT
N5
Frequency
#3,740

Meanings

  1. 1
    slowい-adjective
  2. 2
    lateい-adjective
  3. 3
    too lateい-adjective

JMdict 1421970

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~desu)
遅いですおそいです
おそいです
Polite Past (~katta desu)
遅かったですおそかったです
おそかったです
Polite Negative (~kunai desu)
遅くないですおそくないです
おそくないです
Plain Negative (~kunai)
遅くないおそくない
おそくない
Te-form (Connecting)
遅くておそくて
おそくて
Adverbial (~ku)
遅くおそく
おそく

In a sentence

亀(かめ)turtleは遅(おそ)いslowけどbutかわいいcute

Turtles are slow but cute

How it works

The topic 亀(かめ) (turtle) is set by は (topic), then two contrasting descriptions are joined by けど (but): 遅い(おそい) (slow) and かわいい (cute). けど (but) links the clauses casually — "slow, but cute" — and nothing here is made polite, so it sounds offhand and warm.

Written with

  • 遅slow12 strokes

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