Japanese

らす

おくらす
Meaning: to delay; to postpone
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 遅らす 遅らさない
Polite 遅らします 遅らしません
Past 遅らした 遅らさなかった
Polite + Past 遅らしました 遅らしませんでした
Te-form 遅らして 遅らさなくて
Potential 遅らせる 遅らせない
Passive 遅らされる 遅らされない
Causative 遅らさせる 遅らさせない
Imperative 遅らせ 遅らすな

Handwriting

遅
ら
す

Example

They delayed the announcement to avoid confusion.

Usage Notes

A transitive verb meaning to set a later time for something or cause it to be late.

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