Kanji 後 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 6

先輩後輩

せんぱいこうはい

one's seniors and juniors

先憂後楽

せんゆうこうらく

worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)

戦後欧州

せんごおうしゅう

post-war Europe

戦後恐慌

せんごきょうこう

post-World War I depression

戦後派

せんごは

postwar generation

戦後復興

せんごふっこう

post-war recovery

戦後補償

せんごほしょう

postwar reparations

戦争後

せんそうご

post war

前虎後狼

ぜんここうろう

one calamity followed close on the heels of another

前後

まえしりえ

front and rear

前後の見境もなく

ぜんごのみさかいもなく

without considering the consequences

前後ろ

まえうしろ

front and back

前後関係

ぜんごかんけい

context (of a passage)

前後工程

ぜんごこうてい

to and fro process

前後左右

ぜんごさゆう

in all directions

前後撞着

ぜんごどうちゃく

self-contradiction

前後不覚

ぜんごふかく

unconsciousness

前後矛盾

ぜんごむじゅん

self-contradiction

前車の覆るは後車の戒め

ぜんしゃのくつがえるはこうしゃのいましめ

learn wisdom from the follies of others

前門の虎、後門の狼

ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ

between the devil and the deep sea

善後

ぜんご

careful settlement (of a matter)

善後処置

ぜんごしょち

remedial measure

善後措置

ぜんごそち

remedial measure

相前後する

あいぜんごする

to occur one after another

即位後朝見の儀

そくいごちょうけんのぎ

First Audience after the Ascension to the Throne

続日本後紀

しょくにほんこうき

Shoku Nihon Kōki (fourth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

卒後

そつご

after graduation

退職後

たいしょくご

after retirement

丹後

たんご

Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

築後

ちくご

after construction

筑後

ちくご

Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)

昼食後

ちゅうしょくご

after lunch

朝食後

ちょうしょくご

after breakfast

敵に後ろを見せる

てきにうしろをみせる

to expose one's weakness to an adversary

倒れて後やむ

たおれてのちやむ

duty ends only in death

逃げ後れる

にげおくれる

to fail to escape

道の尻

みちのしり

the part of a province furthest from the capital

読後

どくご

after reading a book

読後感

どくごかん

one's impressions after reading a book

二死後

にしご

after two outs

日没後

にちぼつご

after sunset

日本後紀

にほんこうき

Nihon Kōki (third of the six classical Japanese history texts)

脳下垂体後葉ホルモン

のうかすいたいこうようホルモン

neurohypophyseal hormone

背後関係

はいごかんけい

background (of a case, incident, etc.)

背赤後家蜘蛛

せあかごけぐも

redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)

発つ鳥あとを濁さず

たつとりあとをにごさず

it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself

肥後

ひご

Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)

肥後ずいき

ひごずいき

batang talas higo

肥後花菖蒲

ひごはなしょうぶ

Iris ensata

肥後守

ひごのかみ

higonokami

肥後椿

ひごつばき

higo camellia (Camellia japonica var.)

被後見者

ひこうけんしゃ

ward (of a guardian)

被後見人

ひこうけんにん

ward (of the court)

備後

びんご

Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

備後表

びんごおもて

high quality tatami covering made with soft rush from Hiroshima Prefecture

分断後部

ぶんだんこうぶ

widow (one or more lines separated from the rest of the preceding passage by page or column break)

平安後期

へいあんこうき

late Heian period

閉経後

へいけいご

postmenopausal

別後

べつご

since we parted

放課後学習

ほうかごがくしゅう

after-school education

豊後

ぶんご

Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)

豊後国風土記

ぶんごのくにふどき

Bungo Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Bungo province; 732 CE)

豊後梅

ぶんごうめ

Bungo Japanese apricot

豊後風土記

ぶんごふどき

Bungo Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Bungo province; 732 CE)

翻訳後修飾

ほんやくごしゅうしょく

post-translational modification

無限後退

むげんこうたい

infinite regress

明後年

みょうごねん

year after next

面従後言

めんじゅうこうげん

pretending to obey someone to his face but badmouthing him behind his back

夕食後

ゆうしょくご

after dinner

予後診断医

よごしんだんい

prognostician

予後判定

よごはんてい

prognostication

用後

ようご

after use

落伍

らくご

falling behind the ranks

落伍者

らくごしゃ

dropout

料金後納郵便

りょうきんこうのうゆうびん

postage deferred payment mail

冷や酒と親の意見は後できく

ひやざけとおやのいけんはあとできく

you will appreciate your parents' advice as you grow older, just as it takes time to feel the effects of unwarmed sake

劣後

れつご

subordination

劣後ローン

れつごローン

subordinated loan

劣後株

れつごかぶ

deferred stock

劣後債

れつごさい

subordinated debt

老後資金

ろうごしきん

savings for old age

肛後腸

こうこうちょう

postanal gut

肛後尾

こうごうび

post-anal tail

鼬の最後っ屁

いたちのさいごっぺ

final emergency measure