先延ばし

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さき
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Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Noun

先延ばし (hiragana さきのばし, rōmaji sakinobashi)

  1. procrastination, putting off
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa" by User:Lombroso:
      だが、いつまでも先延 (さきの)ばしにしたところで問題 (もんだい)解消 (かいしょう)しない。
      Da ga, itsu made mo sakinobashi ni shita tokoro de mondai wa kaishō shinai.
      But endless delay won’t make the problem go away.

Verb

先延ばしする (hiragana さきのばしする, rōmaji sakinobashi suru)

  1. put off, delay

Conjugation

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