JLPT N5 vocabulary
遅い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
おそい0Heiban · flatalso 2
i-adjective
Meaning
- slow, time-consuming, sluggish
- late in the day, toward the end of the day or night, until far into the day or night
- later than expected or usual, late, behind schedule, behind time, tardy, overdue, unpunctual
- too late, having missed the boat
- (archaic) dull, stupid

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 遅い | 遅 |
| Plain past過去形 | 遅 | 遅 |
| Polite presentです形 | 遅い | 遅 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 遅 | 遅 |
| Te-formて形 | 遅 | 遅 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 遅い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 遅 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 遅 | 遅 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 遅 | 遅 |