Meanings
Adverb
Noun
Suffix
1. after
Alt. forms
Kanji used
after
Pitch accent
Top 500
Used in vocabulary (85 in total)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
after that; afterwards; thereafter
from now on; hereafter
immediately following
after school (at the end of the day)
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
after death
several days later
years later
after a meal
postwar period; period after Second World War
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
a few years later
after the end (of something); post-
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
second wife
post-natal; since birth
postoperative; after surgery
postpartum; after childbirth
rear guard
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
after use; after occurring
after death; posthumously
prognosis; aftereffects; recuperation; convalescence
later on; afterwards
postnatal; post partum
post war; after the war
after death; posthumously
convalescence
(of a kind) never to be seen again
the homefront
afternoon session (stock exchange); afternoon trading
after that; afterwards; thereafter
before and after; earlier and later; order; occurring almost simultaneously; inversion (of order)
behind others; losing out to others
after graduation
giving careful thought to the future; finishing up carefully
Ugo (former province located in parts of present-day Akita Prefecture)
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
counterattack; striking one's opponent immediately after defending an incoming attack
period from midnight until the early morning; around 4am
after use
after construction; after building; since construction
subordination
Later Zhou dynasty (China, 951-960); Later Chou dynasty
later report; further information; further news; later retribution (for one's deed); later compensation
rump of a cow
main performance; headliner; latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed)
Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama)
since we parted
subsequently; additionally
Later Tang dynasty (of China; 923-937); Later T'ang dynasty
after two outs
after one out
Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on post-Jin and Yuan teachings
First Audience after the Ascension to the Throne
elder brother
rematch due to overlong (over 10 min) bout
Later Liang Dynasty (China, 907-923)
Later Jin dynasty (China, 936-947); Later Chin dynasty
prarabdha karma; karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect comes in the life after the next life or later
system follow-up; post-implementation review; post-development review
post-translational modification; PTM
the morning after a couple have slept together; parting ways the morning after having slept together; the next morning
Examples (54 in total)
I will be back in two weeks' time.
He turned up an hour later.
He came back two days later.