Kanji1 / 9
後 kanji
behind, back, later
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ゴコウ
Kun readings
のちうしろうしろあとおくれる
Words with 後
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —歿後after death; posthumously
- —落後者dropout; straggler; outcast; failure
- —前後策remedial measure; relief measure; corrective measure; countermeasure; remedy
- —今後共from now on
- —前後処置remedial measure; settlement (of matters); dealing with the aftermath
- —午後イチfirst thing in the afternoon
- —肥後芋茎dried giant elephant ear stem from Higo province (eaten or used as a sex aid)
- —肥後随喜dried giant elephant ear stem from Higo province (eaten or used as a sex aid)
- —最後っぺstink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel; final desperate tactic
- —後藤味噌goto miso (miso from the Kamakura era)
- —最後の砦last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
- —産後うつpostpartum depression; postnatal depression
- —最後の貸手lender of last resort
- —雨後の竹の子similar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain
- —鼬の最後っ屁final emergency measure; final defence when one is cornered
- —後手にまわるto be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
- —産後のひだちconvalescence after childbirth; recovering after giving birth
- —雨後のタケノコsimilar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain
- —雨後のたけのこsimilar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain
- —この後に及んでat this point; at this last moment; this late in the game