遅くとも

Taken apart

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Written with 遅

In a sentence

• 天罰(てんばつ)は遅(おそ)くとも必(かなら)ず来(く)る。

  Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.

  Tatoeba #125014, translation #278979

• 遅(おそ)くともしないよりまし。

  Better late than never.

  Tatoeba #126751, translation #2344

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What Wiktionary says

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What the labels mean

和語 Native Japanese

Words that were already Japanese before Chinese vocabulary arrived — usually written with kun'yomi and often short.