立ち遅れる

• 読み: たちおくれる
• ローマ字: tachiokureru
• 漢字の分解: 立 (ritsu/ta) — to stand, to start | 遅 (chi/okure) — late, slow
• 発音: /ta.tɕi.o.kɯ.ɾe.ɾɯ/

意味

To fall behind; to lag; to be slow to start; to be late in getting going.

A Group 2 (ichidan) compound verb from 立つ (to start, to rise up) and 遅れる (to be late, to lag behind). It describes being slow to begin or start moving, resulting in being left behind by others. Frequently used in discussions of economic development, technological adoption, policy response, and social progress where one party has failed to keep pace with the times or with competitors.

例文

1. 日本のデジタル化は他の先進国に比べて著しく立ち遅れていると指摘されることが多い。
2. 初動対応が立ち遅れたため、被害が広範囲に及んでしまった。
3. 彼女はスタートで立ち遅れたが、後半に猛追して三位に入賞した。

使い方ガイド

場面: policy, economics, sports, crisis management

トーン: critical

起源と歴史

Compound of 立つ (to start up, to set off) and 遅れる (to fall behind, to be late). The verb captures the moment when one's start is delayed and the consequences of lagging behind that follow.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Present

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal