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
- —背後霊spirit (hiding behind one's back); guiding spirit; ghost
- —両後手double gote; move that is gote for either player
- —後日譚sequel; later development
- —後漢書Houhan Shu; The History of the Later Han
- —空前絶後(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
- —後生大事with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
- —最後までto the end; to the last
- —最後列車last train
- —事後承諾ex-post-facto approval
- —前後左右in all directions
- —前後不覚unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
- —最後通牒ultimatum
- —背後関係background (of a case, incident, etc.)
- —死後硬直rigor mortis
- —後鳥羽院ex-Emperor Gotoba
- —鶏口牛後better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond
- —後生一生extremely important or once in a lifetime (request); only once in one's lifetime
- —後手後手behind with everything; too late; reactive
- —後手必敗Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat
- —前後関係context (of a passage)