戦せん後ご

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adverb

postwar period; after the war

Typically refers to the period after World War II in Japanese contexts, but can be used for other wars when context makes it clear. Functions as a noun, no-adjective, or adverb.

戦せん後ごの日本にほんは急きゅう速そくに復ふっ興こうした。

Postwar Japan recovered rapidly.

戦せん後ご、多おおくの制せい度どが変かわった。

After the war, many systems changed.

Usage patterns

戦せん後ごを迎むかえるto enter/reach the postwar period
日本にほんは1945年ねんに戦せん後ごを迎むかえた。
Japan entered the postwar period in 1945.
戦せん後ご〈数すう〉年ねん... years after the war
今こん年ねんは戦せん後ご78年ねんになる。
This year marks 78 years since the end of the war.
〈人ひと〉は戦せん後ご生うまれだsomeone was born after the war
祖そ父ふは戦せん後ご生うまれの世せ代だいです。
My grandfather belongs to the generation born after the war.

Kanji

戦war, battle, match
後behind, back, later

Opposites

戦せん前ぜんN1
戦後 refers to the period after a war, while 戦前 refers to the period before it.
戦せん中ちゅう
戦後 refers to the period after the war ended, contrasting with 戦中, the period while the war was still going on.

Don't confuse with

戦せん中ちゅう
戦後 (after the war) and 戦中 (during the war) look similar and are easy to mix up when talking about historical periods.
戦せん時じ
戦時 means 'during the war' whereas 戦後 means 'after the war', so the two periods do not overlap.

Word family

戦せん後ご派は
postwar generation
戦せん後ご復ふっ興こう
post-war recovery; post-war reconstruction
戦せん後ご恐きょう慌こう
post-World War I depression; depression of 1920-1921
戦せん後ご補ほ償

Etymology

Compound of 戦 (war) and 後 (after). The reading せんご follows standard on'yomi.

しょう

postwar reparations; postwar compensation