noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• late registration; delayed registration

adverb:

• late at night; at a late hour

noun:

• late-night phone call - From English "pyjama call"

noun:

• type of popular literature from the late Edo period

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• cicada abundant in late spring

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)

noun / ~する noun:

• late delivery; delayed delivery; late notification

adjective:

• (staying) up late at night

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

expression / noun:

• something done too late - idiom

noun:

• late ejaculation; impotence ➜ 早漏

expression:

• too late (by a short time); just failed (by a small margin) - colloquialism Antonym: ギリギリセーフ ➜ ぎりぎり・アウト

noun:

• ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko) ➜ 独鈷

expression:

• the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping) - obscure term - four character idiom

noun:

• one's late father

noun:

• late closing

pre-noun adjectival:

• the late; the deceased

noun:

• the late emperor

expression:

• late at night; deep in the night

noun:

• ground stone tool from the late Jomon period ➜ 独鈷石

noun:

• elementary school textbook, used from late Heian to early Meiji periods - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• late-growing rice - esp. 晩稲
• late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers - esp. 晩生
• late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer - esp. 奥手, 晩熟

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to be too late (to be of use)