Japanese symbol for “postponement”
延期
えんき
Romaji: enki
postponement; deferment; adjournment
In Japanese, postponement is 延期, read えんき (enki).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt postponement; deferment; adjournment
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “postponement”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猶予 | ゆうよ yuuyo | postponement; deferment; extension (of time) |
| 先送り | さきおくり sakiokuri | putting off (doing); postponement; delaying |
| 順延 | じゅんえん jun'en | postponement; moving to a later date |
| 繰り延べ | くりのべ kurinobe | postponement |
| 見送り | みおくり miokuri | deferment; postponement; shelving |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 延長 | えんちょう enchou | extension; elongation; prolongation |
| 遅延 | ちえん chien | delay; latency |
| 延べ | のべ nobe | futures |
| 延滞 | えんたい entai | arrears; (being) overdue; delay (e.g. in payment) |
| 蔓延 | まんえん man'en | spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation |
| 期間 | きかん kikan | period; term; interval |
| 期待 | きたい kitai | expectation; anticipation; hope |
| 時期 | じき jiki | time; season; period |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.