Usage patterns 今こん 後ご の 方ほう 針しん future policy; direction going forward
We all discussed our policy going forward.
今こん 後ご の 課か 題だい future challenges; issues to address going forward
This issue remains as a future challenge.
今こん 後ご に 期き 待たい する to have hopes/expectations for the future
I have high hopes for his future.
今こん 後ご 、 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 予よ 定てい だ to plan to do something from now on
From now on, I plan to submit a monthly report.
Related words· 9 これから is more casual and immediate, often used in spoken Japanese, while 今後 is used in both formal and everyday contexts for plans or predictions.
将来 refers to a more distant or abstract future (personal or societal), while 今後 focuses on the period starting right now.
以後 means 'after (a specified point)' and is often used with a preceding time reference, while 今後 always means 'from now on' without needing a reference point.
今後 means 'from now on' and looks forward from the present moment, whereas 後々 looks further ahead to a later, often consequential, stage.
Show 5 more Show fewer 今後 means 'from now on' and focuses on the near, practical future, whereas 未来 covers the future in general, including far-off or hypothetical times.
今後 means 'from now on' and focuses on the period starting from the present, whereas 後々 points further ahead to some unspecified later time.
今後 means 'from now on' and covers an ongoing stretch of the future, while 後日 points to one unspecified later day.
今後 always means 'from now into the future', while 以降 can attach to any past, present, or future reference point.
今後 means 'from now on' and covers an ongoing stretch of future time, while 今度 in its future sense usually points to one specific upcoming occasion.
Opposites 今まで means 'up until now,' looking back at the past, while 今後 means 'from now on,' looking forward to the future.
従来 refers to the period up to now, while 今後 refers to the period from now on, so the two are often contrasted in the same sentence.
これまで refers to the past up to the present, whereas 今後 is a more formal word for 'from now on, in the future'.
Etymology Compound of 今 (こん , 'now') and 後 (ご , 'after'). The reading こんご is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi.
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