Meanings
Adverb
Noun
Suffix
1. after
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
prognosis; aftereffects; recuperation; convalescence
afternoon session (stock exchange); afternoon trading
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
widow
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
behind others; losing out to others
counterattack; striking one's opponent immediately after defending an incoming attack
second wife
subordination
after death
after school (at the end of the day)
rear guard
Later Zhou dynasty (China, 951-960); Later Chou dynasty
Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
from now on; hereafter
immediately following
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
in the future; another day; later
several days later
years later
postwar period; period after Second World War
after a meal
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
after graduation
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
a few years later
after the end (of something); post-
after dinner
old age
post-natal; since birth
postoperative; after surgery
after breakfast
postpartum; after childbirth
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
after death; posthumously
after use; after occurring
after sunset
afterlife
later on; afterwards
postnatal; post partum
post war; after the war
convalescence
after retirement
after completion
the homefront
(of a kind) never to be seen again
before and after; earlier and later; order; occurring almost simultaneously; inversion (of order)
post-era
after graduation
Ugo (former province located in parts of present-day Akita Prefecture)
period from midnight until the early morning; around 4am
giving careful thought to the future; finishing up carefully
after construction; after building; since construction
postmenopausal
year after next
later report; further information; further news
rump of a cow
January 8-14
main performance; headliner; latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed)
since we parted
postzygotic
subsequently; additionally
after two outs
Later Tang dynasty (of China; 923-937); Later T'ang dynasty
after one out
elder brother
rematch due to overlong (over 10 min) bout
system follow-up; post-implementation review; post-development review
Later Liang Dynasty (China, 907-923)
Later Jin dynasty (China, 936-947); Later Chin dynasty
Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on post-Jin and Yuan teachings
postmating isolation
post-translational modification; PTM
First Audience after the Ascension to the Throne
prarabdha karma; karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect comes in the life after the next life or later
after use
the morning after a couple have slept together; parting ways the morning after having slept together
Examples (54 in total)
I will be back in two weeks' time.
He turned up an hour later.
He came back two days later.