thereafter; after that; since then
Formal/literary word used in writing or formal speech to mean 'after that event' or 'since then'. Not used in casual conversation.
He graduated from university, and thereafter returned to his hometown and became a teacher.
After that incident, his attitude changed completely.
Standard kanji form for this formal/literary word.
Contains out-dated kanji usage; rarely used in modern writing.
A Sino-Japanese compound of 爾 (ji, 'that') and 後 (go, 'after'). The kanji 爾 is rarely used in modern Japanese outside of this and a few other formal compounds.