今後 (こんご, kongo) Japanese meaning: from now on

今後 (こんご, kongo) Japanese meaning: from now on | Kotomora

Kanji

これからN5
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.
将しょう来らいN5
将来 refers to a more distant or abstract future (personal or societal), while 今後 focuses on the period starting right now.
以い後ごN3
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.
後のち々のち
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.

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未み来らいN3
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.
後あと々あとN1
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.
後ご日じつN2
今後 means 'from now on' and covers an ongoing stretch of the future, while 後日 points to one unspecified later day.
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今いままでN1
今まで means 'up until now,' looking back at the past, while 今後 means 'from now on,' looking forward to the future.
従じゅう来らいN2
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N1
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'.

今こん度どN5
今度 means 'this time' or 'next time' referring to a specific occasion, whereas 今後 means 'from now on' referring to an ongoing future period.

Compound of 今 (こん, 'now') and 後 (ご, 'after'). The reading こんご is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi.