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手遅れ[ておくれ] (teokure)

too late, belated treatment

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 2
  • #18016 most frequent

Meaning

手遅れ (ておくれ, teokure) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “too late, belated treatment”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 9

手遅ておくれになる前まえに病院びょういんに行いきましょう

Let's go to the hospital before it is too late.

もう手遅ておくれだ。

The damage is done.

手遅れだった。

It was too late.

「もう手遅れです。」

"It is too late."

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