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順延する

じゅんえんする

to postpone (day by day, e.g. for rain)

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Examples

  1. 雨天の場合、試合は翌日に順延します。

    うてんのばあい、しあいはよくじつにじゅんえんします。

    In case of rain, the match will be postponed to the following day.

  2. 運動会は一日順延になった。

    うんどうかいはいちにちじゅんえんになった。

    The sports day was put off by one day.

  3. 台風のため、出発を順延せざるを得なかった。

    たいふうのため、しゅっぱつをじゅんえんせざるをえなかった。

    Because of the typhoon, we had no choice but to push the departure back a day.

Common patterns

雨天順延
postponed in case of rain
翌日に順延する
to postpone to the next day
順延になる
to be postponed

Memory tip

順 means "in order", so 順延 is pushing something back in sequence — one day, then the next, until conditions allow. Plain 延期する can move an event to any later date; 順延 is the fixed phrase you see on sports notices as 雨天順延.

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