also: ごほう
noun
later report; further information; follow-up news
Used when promising or expecting a subsequent report or update, often in formal or business contexts.
詳細は後報にてお知らせいたします。
Details will be provided in a later report.
事件の続報は後報を待ってください。
Please wait for further news on the incident.
noun
later retribution; later compensation (for one's deeds)
Only with reading ごほう
Buddhist term for karmic consequences or compensation that manifest later; read ごほう in this sense.
悪行の後報は必ず訪れると説かれている。
It is taught that retribution for evil deeds will inevitably come later.
Standard kanji form for the general 'later report' sense.
Buddhist reading for the 'later retribution' sense; rarely used outside that context.
Compound of 後 (after, later) and 報 (report, news, retribution). The Buddhist sense derives from the concept of karmic consequences manifesting later.