Japanese

らせる

おくらせる
Meaning: to delay; to postpone; to make something later or slower
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 遅らせる 遅らせない
Polite 遅らせます 遅らせません
Past 遅らせた 遅らせなかった
Polite + Past 遅らせました 遅らせませんでした
Te-form 遅らせて 遅らせなくて
Potential 遅らせられる 遅らせられない
Passive 遅らせられる 遅らせられない
Causative 遅らせさせる 遅らせさせない
Imperative 遅らせろ 遅らせるな

Example

大雪のため、会社は会議を少し遅らせた。
Because of heavy snow, the company delayed the meeting a little.

Usage Notes

This is a transitive verb used when someone moves a time, plan, progress, or action later than originally expected.

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