後こう昆こん

noun

posterity; descendants; grandchildren

Formal, literary term for future generations or one's descendants. Rare in everyday speech; more common in classical or ceremonial writing.

• 後こう昆こんのために美うつくしい地ち球きゅうを残のこしたい。

  I want to leave a beautiful Earth for posterity.

• この伝でん統とうを後こう昆こんに伝つたえる責せき任にんがある。

  We have a responsibility to pass this tradition on to our descendants.