Word Meaning 後者

こうしゃ kousha

後者 is read as こうしゃ (kousha) and means the latter.

Meaning

English

  1. the latter

Reading

Kana

こうしゃ

Romaji

kousha

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Antonyms 前者 Rank 4016 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

後援者

こうえんしゃ

supporter

後方

こうほう

behind

後手

ごて

rear guard

後世

こうせい

posterity

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

長者

ちょうじゃ

chief of a post town

業者

ぎょうしゃ

fellow trader

学者

がくしゃ

learned person

Example Sentences

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The former is better than the latter.

The latter is better than the former.

The latter is better than the former.

Of these it is the latter one that is important.

He pointed out that the former was inferior to the latter in some respects.

The French and the English like drinking, but the latter prefer beer whereas the former go in for red wine.

It is true that Aristotle distinguishes the tyrant from the king by the fact that the former governs in his own interest, and the latter only for the good of his subjects; but it would follow from Aristotle's distinction that, from the very beginning of the world, there has not yet been a single king.