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直後 (chokugo) Japanese meaning: immediately after | Kotomora

直ちょく後ご

ちょ

く

ご

Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

immediately after; right after

Used as a noun or adverb to describe the moment or period directly following an event. Common in temporal expressions like 直後に and 直後の.

地じ震しんの直ちょく後ごに津つ波

なみ

が

来き

た

。

A tsunami came immediately after the earthquake.

会かい議ぎの直ちょく後ご、彼かれは退たい社しゃした。

He left the office right after the meeting.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の直ちょく後ごにright after 〈event〉
事じ故この直ちょく後ごに警けい察さつが到とう着ちゃくした。
The police arrived right after the accident.
直ちょく後ごの〈物もの〉the 〈thing/response〉 right after (something)
地じ震しん直ちょく後ごの対たい応おうが重じゅう要ようだ。
The response immediately after the earthquake is important.

Expressions

終しゅう戦せん直ちょく後ごimmediately after the war; early postwar period

Kanji

直straightaway, honesty, frankness
後behind, back, later

Related words

事じ後ご
事後 is a formal term for 'after the fact,' often used in legal or procedural contexts, while 直後 simply means 'right after' an event in a neutral, everyday sense.
早そう々そう
直後 is a noun meaning 'immediately after' and is used with に, whereas 早々 attaches directly onto the preceding verb's continuative form.

Opposites

直ちょく前ぜんN2
直前 means 'immediately before' an event, while 直後 means 'immediately after' it.
寸すん前ぜん
直後 means 'immediately after' an event, the temporal opposite of 寸前's 'just before'.
間ま際ぎわN1
直後 means 'right after' an event, the temporal opposite of 間際, which means 'right before' it.

Etymology

Compound of 直 (direct, immediate) and 後 (after, later). The reading ちょくご follows standard on'yomi.