後

Meaning

後 centers on the idea of being spatially or temporally behind: the back side, what comes later, or what follows after.

• 後あと
  N5

  behind; rear

• 後のち
  N3

  later; afterwards

• 後ご

  after

• 最後さいご
  N4

  end; conclusion

• 今後こんご
  N3

  from now on; hereafter

• 後ろうしろ
  N5

  back; behind; rear

• 午後ごご
  N5

  afternoon; p.m.

• 後半こうはん
  N3

  second half; latter half

• 前後ぜんご
  N3

  front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth

• 後悔こうかい
  N2

  regret; repentance; remorse

• 直後ちょくご
  N2

  immediately following

• 戦後せんご
  N1

  postwar period; period after Second World War

• 後輩こうはい
  N3

  junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

• 後者こうしゃ
  N3

  the latter; the second

• 後日ごじつ
  N2

  in the future; another day; later

• 後方こうほう
  N1

  rear; back; behind

• 後継こうけい

  succession

• 背後はいご
  N1

  back; rear

• 後期こうき
  N3

  latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester

• 死後しご

  after death

• 以後いご
  N3

  after this; from now on; hereafter

• 後退こうたい
  N1

  retreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing; backing up (of a vehicle); retrogression; retraction

• 放課後ほうかご

  after school (at the end of the day)

• 後世こうせい

  posterity; future generations; future life

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