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
手遅れになる前に病院に行きましょう
Let's go to the hospital before it is too late.
もう手遅れだ。
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."
それはもう手遅れだ。
That is too late.
申し訳ありませんが手遅れです。
I am afraid it is too late.
私がその病気に気付いた時はもう手遅れだった。
By the time I realized that illness it was already too late.
手後れにならないうちに、必要な措置を取るべきです。
We should take the necessary steps before it's too late.
私達は手遅れにならないうちに彼を病院へ連れて行かなければなりません。
We have to get him to the hospital before it's too late.