noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• late completion; a late bloomer

noun:

• late arrival

noun:

• late summer heat; lingering summer heat - slang - obscure term ➜ 残暑

noun:

• the late shift

noun:

• coming late or leaving early time (e.g. on a pay slip) - abbreviation ➜ 早退・遅刻

noun:

• late Edo-period novelette about life in the red-light districts

noun:

• cicadas which sing in late autumn

ichidan verb:

• to be too late; to be too slow

expression:

• although at this late hour; now, although it is too late
• afresh; anew; again

~の noun / noun:

• somewhat late
• somewhat slow

noun:

• sowing late Antonym: 早まき【はやまき】
• doing late ➜ 遅まきながら【おそまきながら】

expression:

• it is too late to show filial piety once your parents are dead - proverb

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• late in life; one's later years

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• late-onset (usu. disease, etc.); delayed onset; tardive

noun:

• one's late elder sister

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• late ripening; late maturity; developing late ➜ 早熟

noun:

• late Edo-period pejorative for the Dutch; red-haired barbarian [literal]

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to sit up late

noun:

• measure taken too late; measure taken in haste - abbreviation ➜ 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う

noun:

• late frost

noun:

• late Edo-period pejorative for Americans

noun:

• (one's) late father

noun:

• late Edo-period pejorative for Russians

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to swing late (at a ball) - Sports term

noun:

• late-autumn or early-winter dew
• "cold dew" solar term (approx. Oct. 8) ➜ 二十四節気