Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 遅刻(ちこく) in Japanese

遅刻
JLPT 3
Kana Reading
ちこく
Romaji
chikoku
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    lateness; late coming
    Example sentence
    おっとせっかく時間来たのにダベッてたら遅刻ちまう Whoa, if we keep chatting, despite actually arriving early, we'll end up late!

Examples of 遅刻, ちこく in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

8 strokes

engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving

On'Yomi: コク

Kun'Yomi: きざ.む, きざ.み

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JLPT 3

12 strokes

slow, late, back, later

On'Yomi: チ

Kun'Yomi: おく.れる, おく.らす, おそ.い

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