後こう顧こ

noun

looking back; worry about the future; anxiety over what one leaves behind

Almost always appears in the phrase 後顧の憂い (こうこのうれい), meaning 'anxiety about what one leaves behind' or 'future worries'. Rarely used outside this fixed expression.

• 後こう顧この憂うれいなく新あたらしい仕し事ごとに専せん念ねんできる。

  I can devote myself to the new job without any worries about what I'm leaving behind.