| 1 | 遅い (おそい) |
| (adj) (1) late |
| 2 | 遅く (おそく) |
| (adv) late |
| 3 | 遅出 (おそで) |
| (n) late attendance (e.g. at the office) |
| 4 | 遅刻 (ちこく) |
| (n,vs) lateness |
| 5 | 遅参 (ちさん) |
| (n,vs) latecoming |
| 6 | 遅発 (ちはつ) |
| (n,vs) starting late or behind schedule |
| 7 | 遅漏 (ちろう) |
| (n) late ejaculation |
| 8 | 遅れる (おくれる) |
| (v1,vi) to be late |
| 9 | 遅咲き (おそざき) |
| (n) late flower |
| 10 | 遅霜 (おそじも) |
| (n) late spring frost |
| 11 | 遅知恵 (おそぢえ) |
| (n) backward or late-developing child |
| 12 | 遅番 (おそばん) |
| (n) the late shift |
| 13 | 遅蒔き (おそまき) |
| (n) sowing late |
| 14 | 遅着 (ちちゃく) |
| (n) late arrival |
| 15 | 手遅れ (ておくれ) |
| (adj-na,n) (1) being (too) late |
| 16 | 遅れ馳せ (おくればせ) |
| (n,adj-no) belated |
| 17 | 遅くとも (おそくとも) |
| (adv) at the latest |
| 18 | 出し遅れ (だしおくれ) |
| (n) belated |
| 19 | 遅刻者 (ちこくしゃ) |
| (n) late-arriving person |
| 20 | 出遅れる (でおくれる) |
| (v1,vi) to get a late start |
| 21 | 夜遅く (よるおそく) |
| (adv) late at night |
| 22 | 遅刻届 (ちこくとどけ) |
| (n) report of late arrival |
| 23 | 遅刻届け (ちこくとどけ) |
| (n) report of late arrival |
| 24 | 遅巻きながら (おそまきながら) |
| (n) starting late |
| 25 | 遅延登録 (ちえんとうろく) |
| (n) late registration |
| 26 | 遅かれ早かれ (おそかれはやかれ) |
| (adv,exp) sooner or later |
| 27 | 遅きに失する (おそきにしっする) |
| (exp) to be too late |
| 28 | 早かれ遅かれ (はやかれおそかれ) |
| (exp,adv) sooner or later |
| 29 | 遅く迄起きている (おそくまでおきている) |
| (exp) to stay up late |
| 30 | 遅くまで起きている (おそくまでおきている) |
| (exp) to stay up late |
| 31 | 遅延証明書 (ちえんしょうめいしょ) |
| (n) certificate of lateness (issued by a railroad company, etc.) |