遅れ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 遅れ is read as おくれ and is a noun for lateness or a delay behind a scheduled time or expected rate of progress.
• Basic usage: A train developing a ten-minute delay appears in 列車に十分の遅れが出る, while making up a work delay appears in 作業の遅れを取り戻す.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A delay arising and being recovered
  • Transport commonly combines with 遅れが出る, while work can combine with 遅れを取り戻す.
• Difference from 遅刻
  • Unlike the word for a person arriving late to an appointment, class, or work, this term also broadly covers delays in transport or work progress.