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遅刻, ちこく

  • chikoku
JLPT LEVEL 3

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

  • lateness
  • late coming

Examples of 遅刻,ちこく in a Sentence

遅刻するのではないかと心配した。
I was afraid I might be late.
彼は昨日学校に遅刻しました。
He was late for school yesterday.
なぜ、今朝遅刻したの。
Why were you late this morning?
彼女は彼が遅刻したといって責めた。
She accused him of being late.
彼にはよくあることだが、彼は遅刻した。
As is often the case with him, he was late.
そんなに頻繁に遅刻するようだと君を首にしなければならなくなるよ。
I'll have to fire you if you come late so often.
今出発しなければ遅刻しますよ。
Unless you start now, you'll be late.
私たちは交通が３０分渋滞してそのために遅刻した。
We were held up for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.
彼は今まで１度も学校に遅刻した事がありません。
He has never been late for school.
彼は会合に遅刻すると思います。
I imagine he will be late for the meeting.

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