Word details

遅すぎる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 遅すぎる.

Dictionary

Entry

遅すぎる遅過ぎるおそすぎるIchidan verbFreq #12696
1

to be too late; to be too slow

Examples
私たちがほかの事をするには遅すぎた
It was too late for us to do anything else.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

slow, late, back, later

11 strokesFrequency 833JLPT N2Grade 8

On

Kun

おく.れるおく.らすおそ.い

Nanori

overdo, exceed, go beyond, error

11 strokesFrequency 285JLPT N2Grade 5

On

Kun

す.ぎるす.ごすあやま.ちあやま.つよぎ.るよ.ぎる

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