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遅れる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
遅れる
BOOST
Reading : おくれる   
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue  (see also: 遅刻)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
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遅れる is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 55,900,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 611 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4516
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 47 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
まんいち
万一
わたし
おく
れたら
わたし
たないでください

Should I be late, don't wait for me.
わたし
けさ
今朝
がっこう
学校
おく
れました

I was late for school this morning.
かれ
いつも
おく
れてくる
というわけない
He doesn't always come late.
後れる
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Reading : おくれる   
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• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 61,000,000 results)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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おくれる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 59,000 (about 6,760,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 47 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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チ   おそ late   おくれる to be late   おくらす to make late   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
corpse
move
ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うし behind   おくれる be late   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
step
go
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