Meanings
Suffix
1. 動作や行為に遅れて成立すること。
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Used in vocabulary (85 in total)
① 最も後。物事の終わり。② 反復する出来事の最も後の回。前回。③ そこからさきはどうすることもできない、必ずそうなる、そうする、といったニュアンスを表す。
after that; afterwards; thereafter
① 今より後の時間。② 今より後の事情。
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
① 死んだ後。
several days later
years later
after a meal
① 戦の後。戦争の後。② 特定の戦争の後。西暦1945年以降の日本では、第二次世界大戦後を指し、さらに、戦争の被害に関して、回復期にあることを意識する。
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-
① 年老いてから、死ぬまでの人生。
① 相手に先駆けられ、防戦に回ること。② 将棋やチェスなどで、先手を受けて手番を行なう競技者。
second wife
① 生まれて以後、現在までの期間。「生後5ヶ月」
① 手術をした後。
① 出産した後。
rear guard
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
after use; after occurring
① 「没後」の別表記。
① 病気・手術などの経過についての見通し。② 病気が治った後の経過。
later on; afterwards
postnatal; post partum
post war; after the war
① 「没後」の別表記。
① 病気が治癒してすぐ後。
(of a kind) never to be seen again
the homefront
① 金融商品取引所で、午後の取引時間のこと。取引時間が昼休みをはさんで、午前と午後と二回行われる場合の後者。
after that; afterwards; thereafter
① 時間や順序の先と後。② 順序の差がほとんどないこと。③ 順序が逆になること。
behind others; losing out to others
after graduation
① 後始末をよくすること。
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
① 明年より一つ後の年。今年より二つ後の年。
① 後からのしらせ。
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.