繰り延べる・繰延べる|くりのべるkurinoberu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
繰り延べる繰り延べる is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners. Use it when writing this verb.
繰延べる繰延べる is a less common written variant of 繰り延べる. You may encounter it in writing, but beginners should generally choose 繰り延べる instead.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto postpone; to defer; to reschedule
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 繰り延べる（くりのべる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 繰り延べます（くりのべます） |
| Negative (nai) | 繰り延べない（くりのべない） |
| polite (masen) | 繰り延べません（くりのべません） |
| classical zu / nu | 繰り延べず・繰り延べぬ（くりのべず・くりのべぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 繰り延べた（くりのべた） |
| polite (mashita) | 繰り延べました（くりのべました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 繰り延べなかった（くりのべなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 繰り延べませんでした（くりのべませんでした） |
| Te form | 繰り延べて（くりのべて） |
| Potential | 繰り延べられる（くりのべられる） |
| Passive | 繰り延べられる（くりのべられる） |
| Causative | 繰り延べさせる（くりのべさせる） |
| Causative passive | 繰り延べさせられる（くりのべさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 繰り延べれば（くりのべれば） |
| tara | 繰り延べたら（くりのべたら） |
| Volitional | 繰り延べよう（くりのべよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 繰り延べましょう（くりのべましょう） |
| Imperative | 繰り延べろ（くりのべろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym延期えんきNeutralThe most common and widely applicable word for postponement; the standard choice in most situations.
- Synonym繰り下げるくりさげるNeutralShifting an order or a time further back, e.g. pushing the retirement age later; also covers moving items down a sequence.
- Synonym持ち越すもちこすNeutralCarrying an issue or decision over to the next occasion, e.g. a match whose result is settled another day; the matter stays open.
- Synonym順延じゅんえんWrittenWritten/formal prose for postponing to the next scheduled slot, typically when rain intervenes; seen in notices like 「雨天順延」.
- Related遅らせるおくらせるNeutralCommon everyday word for delaying or slowing something down; more colloquial than 「繰り延べる」, and also used for setting a clock back.
- Related猶予ゆうよWrittenWritten/formal prose for granting extra time on a deadline; common in legal contexts, as in 「執行猶予」 and 「猶予期間」.
- Related見合わせるみあわせるNeutralHolding off on or suspending something rather than rescheduling it — e.g. train service halted; the focus is on shelving it, not setting a new date.
- Related先送りさきおくりNeutralPutting off a decision or task that should be dealt with now, often with a negative nuance of dodging or passing the buck.
- Related保留ほりゅうNeutralLeaving something undecided on hold, as with a call put on 「保留」; unlike 「繰り延べる」, no new date is necessarily set.
- Related日延べひのべCasualColloquial and somewhat old-fashioned for moving a date back; in everyday speech 「延期」 is what people normally say.
- Antonym繰り上げるくりあげるNeutralThe antonym: moving a date or order up, earlier than planned — the opposite of pushing things back with 「繰り延べる」.
- Antonym早めるはやめるNeutralAlso an antonym: making something earlier or hastening it, the reverse of postponing with 「繰り延べる」.
For everyday postponing, use 「延期する」 or 「遅らせる」. 「繰り延べる」 is a written/formal word for pushing a set time back, and also appears in accounting for deferral. When an event moves to its next slot because of rain, use 「順延」. To hold a decision, 「保留」 or 「先送り」; to carry a matter to the next session, 「持ち越す」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- 先に延ばす。
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