Word Meaning 後世

こうせい kousei

後世 is read as こうせい (kousei) and means posterity.

Meaning

English

  1. posterity
  2. future generations
  3. future life

Reading

Kana

こうせい

Romaji

kousei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 前世 Rank 13278 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

後方

こうほう

behind

後者

こうしゃ

the latter

後手

ごて

rear guard

後発

こうはつ

starting late

後味

あとあじ

aftertaste

後ろ手

うしろで

putting one's hands behind one's back

後生大事

ごしょうだいじ

with religious zeal

後代

こうだい

posterity

the times

中世

ちゅうせい

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

出世

しゅっせ

success in life

近世

きんせい

early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

Example Sentences

2

Tom is a Baby Boomer.

We must hand down our craft to posterity.