後あと回まわし

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

putting off; postponing; deferring

Refers to delaying something in favor of other tasks; often used in the phrase 後回しにする.

〈事こと〉を後あと回まわしにするto put something off until later
忙いそがしいので、細こまかい仕し事ごとは後あと回まわしにする。
Since I'm busy, I'll put off the small tasks for later.
〈事こと〉が後あと回まわしになるfor something to end up getting put off
急いそぎの仕し事ごとが入はいって、掃そう除じが後あと回まわしになった。
An urgent job came in, so the cleaning ended up being put off.
〈事こと〉を後あと回まわしにして〈動どう詞し〉to do something else while putting a task off
彼かれは勉べん強きょうを後あと回まわしにしてゲームをしている。
He's playing games while putting off his studying.

先さき送おくり
先送り emphasizes pushing a task to a later date or passing it to the future, while 後回し emphasizes doing other things first without necessarily changing the deadline.
延えん期きN3
延期 is a formal term for officially rescheduling something to a later date, while 後回し is a casual way of saying you'll deal with it after other things.
保ほ留りゅうN2
保留 means holding a decision or matter in suspension without acting on it, while 後回し means deliberately handling it later after other tasks.
二にの次つぎN1
後回し emphasizes actively delaying something until later, while 二の次 stresses that something ranks lower in priority without necessarily being postponed.

優ゆう先せんN1
優先 means giving something priority and doing it first, the direct opposite of 後回し, which means putting it off until later.
先さき取どり
後回し means putting something off for later, the opposite of 先取り's sense of doing or obtaining something ahead of time.
先せん決けつN1
後回し means putting something off for later, the opposite of 先決, which means something must be settled first.
最さい優ゆう先せんN2
後回し means putting something off until later, the opposite of treating it as 最優先 (top priority).

後あと押おしN1
後回し (putting off, postponing) looks similar to 後押し but means delaying something rather than supporting it.

Compound of 後 (あと, 'after') and 回し (まわし, the noun form of 回す 'to turn, send around'), literally 'turning something to later'.