Meanings
Adverb
Noun
Suffix
1. after
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
afterlife
after that; afterwards; thereafter
widow
afternoon session (stock exchange); afternoon trading
from now on; hereafter
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
postwar period; period after Second World War
second wife
Later Zhou dynasty (China, 951-960); Later Chou dynasty
after death; posthumously
after school (at the end of the day)
old age
post-natal; since birth
in the future; another day; later
after death
postpartum; after childbirth
immediately following
after a meal
convalescence
after the end (of something); post-
counterattack; striking one's opponent immediately after defending an incoming attack
after two outs
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
several days later
years later
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
after graduation
a few years later
prognosis; aftereffects; recuperation; convalescence
after dinner
postoperative; after surgery
after breakfast
rear guard
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
after use; after occurring
after sunset
later on; afterwards
postnatal; post partum
post war; after the war
after retirement
after completion
the homefront
(of a kind) never to be seen again
behind others; losing out to others
before and after; earlier and later; order; occurring almost simultaneously; inversion (of order)
post-era
after graduation
Ugo (former province located in parts of present-day Akita Prefecture)
period from midnight until the early morning; around 4am
giving careful thought to the future; finishing up carefully
subordination
after construction; after building; since construction
postmenopausal
year after next
later report; further information; further news; later retribution (for one's deed); later compensation
rump of a cow
January 8-14
main performance; headliner; latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed)
Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama)
since we parted
postzygotic
subsequently; additionally
Later Tang dynasty (of China; 923-937); Later T'ang dynasty
after one out
elder brother
rematch due to overlong (over 10 min) bout
system follow-up; post-implementation review; post-development review
Later Liang Dynasty (China, 907-923)
Later Jin dynasty (China, 936-947); Later Chin dynasty
Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on post-Jin and Yuan teachings
postmating isolation
post-translational modification; PTM
First Audience after the Ascension to the Throne
prarabdha karma; karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect comes in the life after the next life or later
after use
the morning after a couple have slept together; parting ways the morning after having slept together; the next morning
Examples (54 in total)
I will be back in two weeks' time.
He turned up an hour later.
He came back two days later.