遅番

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 遅番, read おそばん, and it combines 遅, meaning late, with 番, meaning turn or shift.
• Basic usage: 遅番 is a scheduled late shift whose workers start and finish later than those on an earlier shift.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A scheduled late shift rather than tardiness
  • Both examples use the form 遅番. The worker has not missed a start time; leaving home after noon and handling closing duties follow a planned later schedule.
• An afternoon departure and a clerk's closing duties
  • 今日は遅番なので昼過ぎに家を出る。 — I am on the late shift today, so I will leave home after noon.
  • 遅番の店員が閉店作業を担当した。 — The late-shift clerk handled closing duties.