Word Meaning 後部

こうぶ koubu

後部 is read as こうぶ (koubu) and means rear.

Meaning

English

  1. rear
  2. stern

Reading

Kana

こうぶ

Romaji

koubu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 前部 Rank 10912 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

後頭部

こうとうぶ

back of head

後部席

こうぶせき

back seat (of a car)

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)

後妻

ごさい

second wife

後期

こうき

latter period

後回し

あとまわし

putting off

後ろ向き

うしろむき

back-facing

後始末

あとしまつ

cleaning up afterwards

後戻り

あともどり

retrogression

後払い

ごばらい

deferred payment

後任

こうにん

successor

後列

こうれつ

back row

Example Sentences

3

The last three coaches of the train were badly damaged.

A bunch of people thrust their way toward the rear exit.

The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.