In Japanese, "late" is 遅れた (Okureta). It is a adjective.
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遅れた is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as Okureta, it sounds roughly like "oh-koo-reh-tah" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steam遅れた is romanised as Okureta. Say it roughly like "oh-koo-reh-tah" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
遅れた is a na-adjective or noun-adjective. It is neutral in register and fits naturally in both casual and polite sentences. Add na before a noun, or use desu for a polite predicate.
遅れた is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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