| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n adj-no a late bloomer | 晩熟 |
| gen. | n vs adj-no a late bloomer | 晩成 |
| gen. | n a late frost | 晩霜 |
| gen. | exp although at this late hour | 今さらながら |
| gen. | exp although at this late hour | 今更ながら |
| humor. | n vs yoji arriving at work late as if one were an executive | 重役出勤 |
| gen. | adv at a late hour | 夜遅く |
| gen. | adv at this late hour | 今さら (i.e. it is too late for something) |
| gen. | adv at this late hour | 今更 ichi1 (i.e. it is too late for something) |
| gen. | n backward or late-developing child | 遅知恵 |
| gen. | become late | ちんたら |
| gen. | n yoji being always too late | 後手後手 (never in time) |
| gen. | adj-na n being too late | 手後れ |
| gen. | being too late | 足偏 |
| gen. | adj-na n being too late | 手おくれ |
| gen. | adj-na n being too late | 手遅れ ichi1 news2 nf26 |
| gen. | bloom late | 咲き残る |
| poetic | n chirping of crickets in late autumn | 寒蛩 |
| gen. | n cicada abundant in late spring | 松蝉 |
| gen. | n cicadas which sing in late autumn | 寒蝉 |
| gen. | n clique from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, influential in Shanghai finance from late 1920s through 1930s | 浙江財閥 |
| abbr. | n coming late or leaving early time | 遅早時間 (e.g. on a pay slip) |
| poetic | n cool, late summer night | 夜の秋 |
| telegr. | degree of late anisochronous parallel distortion | 後期非同期並行ひずみ度 |
| gen. | doing late | 晩蒔き |
| gen. | doing late | 遅蒔き |
| gen. | doing late | 遅まき |
| obs. | n elementary school textbook, used from late Heian to early Meiji periods | 往来物 |
| inf. | n feeling that something has come too late | 今更感 |
| gen. | n frost in late spring | 別れ霜 |
| gen. | n frost in late spring | 忘れ霜 |
| gen. | get a late start | 出遅れる news1 nf20 |
| gen. | get late | 深ける |
| gen. | get late | 更ける ichi1 news2 nf47 |
| gen. | exp yoji Great talents mature late | 大器晩成 |
| gen. | n ground stone tool from the late Jomon period | 雷鈷 |
| gen. | n ground stone tool from the late Jomon period | 独鈷石 (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko) |
| gen. | n n-suf growing late | 更 |
| gen. | n n-suf growing late | 深 |
| gen. | n n-suf growing late | 更け |
| gen. | n historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period | 耶馬台国 |
| gen. | n historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period | 邪馬台国 |
| gen. | exp It is too late to make an apology | 証文の出し後れ |
| gen. | exp it is too late to show filial piety once your parents are dead | 墓に布団は着せられぬ |
| gen. | keep late hours | 宵っ張り |
| gen. | keep late hours | 宵っぱり |
| gen. | n vs keeping late hours | 夜更し |
| gen. | n vs keeping late hours | 夜ふかし |
| gen. | n vs keeping late hours | 夜更かし ichi1 news2 nf43 |
| gen. | late allergy | 遅発型アレルギー |
| gen. | n late arrival | 遅着 (ちちゃく) |
| gen. | n late-arriving person | 遅刻者 |
| gen. | late asthma | 遅発型喘息 |
| gen. | n late at night | 夜ふけ |
| gen. | n late at night | 夜深け |
| gen. | n late at night | 夜更け ichi1 |
| gen. | exp late at night | 夜ふけて |
| gen. | exp late at night | 夜更けて |
| gen. | adv late at night | 夜遅く |
| gen. | n-adv n-t late at night | 深夜 news1 nf03 |
| gen. | n late attendance | 遅出 (e.g. at the office) |
| gen. | n-adv n late autumn | 晩秋 news2 nf27 (fall) |
| gen. | n late autumn | 暮秋 (fall) |
| gen. | n late autumn | 小春 news2 nf38 |
| gen. | n late-autumn or early-winter dew | 寒露 |
| gen. | n late autumn that makes it seem like winter is coming | 冬隣 |
| gen. | n late autumn fall windstorm in the countryside | 野分 |
| gen. | n late autumn fall windstorm in the countryside | 野分き |
| comp., MS | late binding | 遅延バインド (Binding (converting symbolic addresses in the program to storage-related addresses) that occurs during program execution. The term often refers to object-oriented applications that determine, during run time, which software routines to call for particular data objects) |
| gen. | n late bird | 宵っ張り |
| gen. | n late bird | 宵っぱり |
| gen. | late bloomer | 晩生 |
| gen. | late bloomer | 晩熟 esp. 晩稲 |
| gen. | late bloomer | 晩稲 |
| gen. | late bloomer | 奥手 |
| gen. | adj-no n late blooming | 遅咲 (flower, talent, おそざき) |
| gen. | adj-no n late blooming | 遅咲き news2 nf33 spec2 (flower, talent) |
| gen. | late-blooming flowers | 晩熟 esp. 晩稲 |
| gen. | late-blooming flowers | 晩稲 |
| gen. | late-blooming flowers | 晩生 |
| gen. | late-blooming flowers | 奥手 |
| comp., MS | late-bound code | 遅延バインディング コード (A code that defers the assignment of a meaning to an identifier (such as a variable) until runtime) |
| gen. | n adj-no late-breaking | 最新 news1 nf05 (news) |
| gen. | n late 19C woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes | 赤絵 (あかえ) |
| gen. | Late Carboniferous | 後期石炭紀 |
| gen. | n late chrysanthemums | 残菊 |
| gen. | n late closing | 遅じまい |
| gen. | late combustion | 後燃え (あともえ) |
| gen. | n vs adj-no late coming | 遅刻 ichi1 news2 nf25 |
| gen. | n vs adj-no late completion | 晩成 |
| gen. | n adj-no late crops | 晩熟 |
| gen. | n vs late delivery | 遅達 |
| gen. | late developer | 晩生 (e.g. child who reaches puberty late) |
| gen. | late developer | 晩熟 esp. 晩稲 (e.g. child who reaches puberty late) |
| gen. | late developer | 晩稲 (e.g. child who reaches puberty late) |
| gen. | late developer | 奥手 (e.g. child who reaches puberty late) |
| gen. | late early gene | 後初期遺伝子 |
| gen. | n late Edo period commoner opposition movement | 草莽 (mid- 18th century to mid-19th century) |
| gen. | n late Edo period 19th century revolutionary slogan | 攘夷 news2 nf46 |
| gen. | n late Edo-period novelette about life in the red-light districts | 洒落本 |
| gen. | n late Edo-period pejorative for Americans | 墨黠虜 |
| gen. | n late Edo-period pejorative for Russians | 赤荻 |
| gen. | n late Edo-period pejorative for the Dutch | 紅毛夷 |
| gen. | n late education | 晩学 |
| gen. | n late ejaculation | 遅漏 |
| gen. | n one's late elder sister | 亡姉 |
| gen. | n late endosome | 後期エンドソーム |
| gen. | n late fall | 小春 news2 nf38 |
| gen. | n one's late father | 先考 |
| gen. | n late fee | 延滞料 (えんたいりょう) |
| gen. | n late fee | 延滞金 (えんたいきん) |
| comp., MS | late finish date | 最遅終了日 (The latest date that a task can finish without delaying the finish of the project. It is based on the task's late start date, as well as the late start and late finish dates of predecessor and successor tasks, and other constraints) |
| tech. | late flowering | 遅咲 (おそざき) |
| gen. | adj-no n late flowering | 遅咲 (おそざき) |
| gen. | adj-no n late flowering | 遅咲き news2 nf33 spec2 |
| gen. | late frost | 晩霜 |
| gen. | n late frost | 別れ霜 |
| gen. | n late frost | 忘れ霜 |
| gen. | late frost damage | 晩霜害 |
| gen. | late gene | 後期遺伝子 |
| gen. | Late Glacial | 晩氷期 |
| gen. | n uk late goldenrod | 大泡立草 |
| gen. | n adj-no late-growing rice | 晩生 |
| gen. | n adj-no late-growing rice | 晩稲 |
| gen. | n adj-no late-growing rice | 晩熟 esp. 晩稲 |
| gen. | n adj-no late-growing rice | 奥手 |
| gen. | n late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production | 雄町 |
| gen. | n late Heian period | 平安後期 |
| gen. | n late husband | 先夫 |
| gen. | n late husband | 前夫 |
| gen. | exp late in autumn | 秋更けて |
| gen. | exp late in fall | 秋更けて |
| gen. | n-adv n-t late in life | 晩節 |
| gen. | n late king | 前王 |
| gen. | n late marriage | 晩婚 news1 nf22 |
| gen. | n late master | 先主 |
| gen. | late maturing | 晩生 |
| gen. | late middle age | 壮年期 |
| gen. | late-morning snack | 小昼 |
| gen. | n one's late mother | 先妣 |
| gen. | n late-night all-night broadcasting | 深夜放送 |
| gen. | n late-night coffee shop | 深夜喫茶 |
| gen. | n late-night overtime | 深夜残業 |
| gen. | n late-night phone call | パジャマコール |
| gen. | n late-night show | 深夜番組 |
| gen. | n late-night snack | 夜食 news2 nf33 |
| gen. | n late-night television | 深夜テレビ |
| gen. | n vs late notification | 遅達 |
| gen. | late-onset | 晩発性 |
| gen. | late-onset | 晩期発症 |
| gen. | late-onset | 晩期発症型 |
| gen. | adj-f late-onset | 遅発性 (usu. disease, etc.) |
| law | late payment | 追納 |
| comp., MS | late-peak contour | 後比重型 (A contour that slopes up gradually, peaks near the end of the curve, and then drops off) |
| tech. | Late Plantagenet style | 後期式 (こうきプランタジネットしき) |
| gen. | Late Pleistocene | 後期更新世 |
| tech. | late pointed style | レート•ポインテッド式 (レート•ポインテッドしき) |
| gen. | n late registration | 遅延登録 |
| gen. | n late rice | 遅場米 |
| gen. | n late-ripening citrus | 晩柑 (e.g. pomelo) |
| gen. | late-ripening crops | 晩稲 |
| gen. | late-ripening crops | 晩熟 esp. 晩稲 |
| gen. | late-ripening crops | 晩生 |
| gen. | late-ripening crops | 奥手 |
| gen. | n late riser | 寐坊 oK |
| gen. | n vs late riser | 朝寝坊 news2 nf47 spec2 |
| gen. | n late riser | 寝坊 ichi1 |
| gen. | late-season culture | 晩期栽培 |
| gen. | late-season irrigation method | 晩期灌漑法 |
| gen. | n late spring | 暮春 |
| gen. | n late spring | 季春 |
| obs. | n late spring | 遅春 |
| gen. | n-adv n late spring | 晩春 news2 nf39 |
| gen. | n late spring frost | 遅霜 |
| gen. | n adj-no late stage | 後期 ichi1 news1 nf06 (kōki) |
| comp., MS | late start date | 最遅開始日 (The last possible date a task could be started if all predecessor and successor tasks also start and finish on their late start and late finish dates) |
| gen. | n-adv n late summer | 晩夏 news2 nf43 |
| gen. | n late-summer greeting card | 残暑見舞 (sent from about Aug. 8 onward) |
| gen. | n late-summer greeting card | 残暑見舞い (sent from about Aug. 8 onward) |
| construct. | late-summer heat | 残暑 (ざんしょ) |
| slang | n obsc late summer heat | ざんちょ |
| gen. | n late summer heat | 残暑 ichi1 news1 nf23 refers to heat following 立秋, approx. Aug. 8 (ざんしょ) |
| gen. | n adj-no late teens | ハイ・ティーン |
| gen. | n adj-no late teens | ハイティーン gai1 |
| gen. | n late wife | 前婦 |
| gen. | n one's late wife | 亡妻 |
| gen. | n late wife | 先婦 |
| gen. | n late wife | 先妻 news2 nf41 |
| gen. | n-adv n late winter | 晩冬 |
| construct. | late wood | 秋材 (shūzai) |
| construct. | late wood | 夏材 (かざい) |
| construct. | late wood | 晩材 (ばんざい) |
| tech. | late wood ratio | 秋材率 (しゅうざいりつ) |
| gen. | light literature popular in the late Edo period | 戯作 |
| gen. | n yoji light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter | 小夜時雨 |
| baseb. | n making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game | 守備固め |
| gen. | n measure taken in haste or too late | 泥縄 |
| gen. | n mild late autumn day | 小春日 (around November) |
| gen. | n yoji mild late autumn weather | 小春びより |
| gen. | n yoji mild late autumn weather | 小春日和 (こはる・びより) |
| gen. | n mild late fall day | 小春日 |
| gen. | n yoji mild late fall weather | 小春びより |
| gen. | n yoji mild late fall weather | 小春日和 (こはる・びより) |
| gen. | n my late father | 亡父 news2 nf31 spec2 |
| gen. | n my late husband | 亡夫 news2 nf33 spec2 |
| gen. | n my late mother | 亡母 |
| gen. | exp Never too late to learn | 六十の手習い |
| gen. | exp n North Korean famine of the late 1990s | 苦難の行軍 |
| gen. | n novel from the late Edo period focused on the love stories of ordinary townsfolk | 人情本 |
| gen. | exp now, although it is too late | 今さらながら |
| gen. | exp now, although it is too late | 今更ながら |
| gen. | exp adv uk of late | 此処の所 |
| gen. | exp adv uk of late | ここの所 |
| gen. | n Portuguese card game popular in Japan during the late 16th century | 天正カルタ |
| gen. | n report of late arrival | 遅刻届け |
| gen. | n report of late arrival | 遅刻届 |
| gen. | n rice from a late harvest | 遅場米 |
| gen. | n set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki | 日本霊異記 |
| gen. | n set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki | 日本現報善悪霊異記 |
| gen. | n set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki | 日本国現報善悪霊異記 |
| gen. | n shower in late autumn fall or early winter | 時雨 ichi1 news2 nf33 |
| gen. | silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods | 洋銀 (yōgin) |
| gen. | sit up late | 更かす |
| gen. | n vs sitting up late at night | 夜更し |
| gen. | n vs sitting up late at night | 夜ふかし |
| gen. | n vs sitting up late at night | 夜更かし ichi1 news2 nf43 |
| gen. | n vs sleeping in late | 寐坊 oK |
| gen. | n vs sleeping in late | 寝坊 ichi1 |
| gen. | n vs sleeping late in the morning | 朝寝 |
| gen. | exp something that comes too late and is useless | 十日の菊 |
| gen. | n sowing late | 晩蒔き |
| gen. | n sowing late | 遅蒔き |
| gen. | n sowing late | 遅まき |
| gen. | spouse married late in life for companionship | 茶飲み友達 |
| obs. | n spring that comes late | 遅春 |
| gen. | n vs adj-no starting late | 後発 news1 nf19 |
| gen. | n vs starting late or behind schedule | 遅発 (ちはつ) |
| gen. | stay up late | 宵っ張り |
| gen. | stay up late | 宵っぱり |
| gen. | n vs staying up late | 夜更し |
| gen. | n vs staying up late | 夜ふかし |
| gen. | n vs staying up late | 夜更かし ichi1 news2 nf43 |
| abbr. | n style of clothing popular in the late 1970s and resembling a Catholic school uniform | ハマトラ |
| obs. | n the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter | 初時雨 |
| gen. | adj-pn n the late | 亡き |
| gen. | pref the late | 故 (deceased) |
| gen. | n the late crown prince | 前坊 |
| gen. | n the late emperor | 先帝 |
| gen. | n the late king | 先王 |
| gen. | n the late shift | 遅番 |
| gen. | exp obsc yoji the poetic feeling of a late spring scene | 落花啼鳥 (with flowers scattering and birds chirping) |
| gen. | n adj-no thick-soled footwear, popular in the late 1990s | 厚底 |
| gen. | n-t this late in the game | 此の期 |
| gen. | exp this late in the game | この期に及んで |
| gen. | exp this late in the game | 此の期に及んで |
| gen. | n-t this late in the game | この期 |
| gen. | exp v1 to be late | 時間に遅れる |
| gen. | v1 vi to be late | 後れる |
| gen. | v1 vi to be late | 遅れる ichi1 news2 nf47 |
| gen. | v1 to be too late getting married | 行き遅れる |
| gen. | exp v1 to be too late getting married | 嫁に行き遅れる |
| gen. | to be too late going somewhere | 行き遅れる |
| gen. | v1 to be too late | 遅過ぎる |
| gen. | exp vs-s to be too late | 遅きに失する (to be of use) |
| gen. | n Too late! | 後の祭 |
| inf. | exp too late | ギリギリアウト (by a short time) |
| gen. | too late | 遅い ichi1 news1 nf18 |
| gen. | too late | 鈍い |
| gen. | too late | 遲い oK |
| gen. | n Too late! | 後の祭り news2 nf40 spec2 |
| gen. | too late | 晩い |
| gen. | adv uk too late | 已に oK |
| gen. | adv uk too late | 既に ichi1 news1 nf04 |
| gen. | n type of picture book popular in the late Edo period | 合巻 |
| gen. | n type of popular literature from the late Edo period | 読本 |
| obs. | n type of smelling salts sold in the late Edo period | 宝丹 |
| gen. | adj-i staying up late at night | 夜深い |
| gen. | n vast global ocean during the late Paleozoic and the early Mesozoic periods | パンサラッサ |
| gen. | very late | 最晩期 |
| gen. | very late antigen | 最晩期抗原 |
| gen. | n obsc woman in late pregnancy | 孕女 |
| gen. | n obsc woman in late pregnancy | 産女 |
| hist.fig. | Xiang Yu aka Kou U, 232 BC-202 BC, general in the late Qin period, defeated by Liu Bang, founder of the Han Dynasty | 項羽 |