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後日 (ごじつ, gojitsu) Japanese meaning: later | Kotomora
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後ご
日じつ
お
知し
らせ
し
ます
。
Details will be announced at a later date.
I will contact you again another day.
Usage patterns 後ご 日じつ 〈 事こと 〉 についてご 連れん 絡らく いたします to contact someone later about a matter (formal)
I will contact you later with the details.
後ご 日じつ 改あらた めて 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something again, properly, at a later date
I will explain it again at a later date.
Expressions 後ご 日じつ に 譲ゆず る defer to a later date; leave for another time Related words· 6 後で is a casual, everyday word for 'later', while 後日 is more formal and typically written or business language.
後ほど is a polite spoken adverb for 'a bit later', whereas 後日 refers to a later day and is common in written or formal notices.
今後 means 'from now on' and covers an ongoing stretch of the future, while 後日 points to one unspecified later day.
将来 refers to a broader, more distant future, while 後日 usually implies a relatively near, specific later date.
Show 2 more 後日 is a general term for 'at a later date' in everyday speech, while 事後 specifically means 'after the event in question' and is used in formal or legal contexts.
後日 refers to an unspecified future date in general, while 追って specifically implies that information or action will follow once it becomes available.
Etymology Compound of 後 (go, 'after') and 日 (jitsu, 'day'). The reading ごじつ is the standard on'yomi combination.
