Keyword
slow
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1148
Old form
Readings
おそ
(55%)
おく
(35%)
(9%)
Composed of
corpse with a flag
sheep
road
Used in vocabulary (150 in total)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
Examples (200 in total)
He is always late.
That's why I was late.
Is that why you were late?