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遅刻

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

遅刻 — “being late, lateness, tardiness”

遅刻 (read ちこく) means being late, lateness, tardiness. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

ちこく

Meaning

being late, lateness, tardiness

遅刻 in a sentence

電車でんしゃが遅おくれて遅刻ちこくした。

The train was late so I was tardy.

The kanji in 遅刻

遅late; slow
刻to carve; moment

Words that share a kanji with 遅刻

遅いおそい— slow; (to be) late
遅れるおくれる— to be late, to be delayed
深刻しんこく— serious, grave (problem)
時刻じこく— time, moment (on the clock)
刻むきざむ— to chop finely, to mince, to carve, to engrave
彫刻ちょうこく— sculpture, carving, engraving

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