遅らす

おくらす · okurasu · JLPT N1 · verb-godan

to delay

⏰ 遅い (osoi, late/slow) + causative らす = make something late = to delay

Stem 遅 (late, slow) plus the causative ending らす gives 'cause to be late', which is the same as delaying something. Compare 遅れる (okureru), to be late.

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