Vocabulary
Form
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
verb
vt
freq #26
Example sentences
歯医者(はいしゃ)に行(い)くのをどうして遅(おく)らせているのか。
Why have you delayed seeing the dentist?
冷(つめ)たい天候(てんこう)が稲(いね)の発育(はついく)を遅(おく)らせた。
The cold weather slowed the growth of the rice plants.