| 後 |
| 1. n. (spatially) the back, the rear, behind | |
| (ja-x, 子%犬が後からついてくる。, こ%いぬ が あと から ついて くる。, The puppy will follow behind., lit=The puppy will follow from the back.) | |
| 2. n. (temporally) later time, afterwards, some time after the present | |
| 後で連絡します。 - I'll contact you later. | |
| 会議の後 - after the meeting | |
| 3. n. time after death | |
| 4. n. (q, in order) the next person or thing | |
| 名簿の後の方 - the next one on the roster | |
| 5. n. instead, in place of | |
| 6. n. : (ja-x, お後は何にしますか。, お-あと は なに に します か。, What are you going to do instead?) | |
| 7. n. successor | |
| 8. n. descendants, offspring | |
| 9. n. wife of remarriage | |
| 10. n. the rest; certain part, space or thing left | |
| あとは頼んだぞ。 - I leave the rest to you. | |
| 11. n. memory of the deceased; one's virtue that remains after death | |
| 12. n. : (ja-x, 祖%父の後をしのぶ, そ%ふ の あと を しのぶ, be in memory of Grandfather) | |
| 13. adv. later, after, from now on | |
| (ja-x, 後 三%分で終%了します。, あと さん%-ぷん で しゅう%りょう します。, It will end in three minutes., lit=It will end three minutes later.) | |
| 14. conj. afterwards, then | |
| (ja-x, 後、気%付いたことはありませんか。, あと、き%づいた こと は ありません か。, Have you ever noticed after that?) | |
| 15. (ja-see, 遅れ) | |
| 16. (ja-see, 尻) | |
| 17. n. the rear, back, or backside of something | |
| 18. n. the rearward or backward direction | |
| 19. n. the portion of a palace where a queen or other female imperial consort lives | |
| 20. n. later, afterwards, some time after the present | |
| 晴れのち雨 - rains after sunshine | |
| 21. n. (obsolete) later, afterwards, some time after the present | |
| 22. n. later, afterwards, some time after the present | |
| 彼は卒業後に結婚します。 - He is going to get married after the graduation. | |
| 彼は卒業後は大阪の会社に勤めます。 - He is going to work for a company in Osaka after the graduation. | |
| 卒業後、彼は小学校の先生になった。 - After the graduation, he became a teacher at an elementary school. | |
| 23. suffix. after | |
| 24. prefix. (prefixing element in kanji compounds, adding a meaning of) later, after, following, rearward | |
| 25. prefix. Usage: Only used in compounds. Never used in isolation. | |
