Word Meaning 後顧の憂い

こうこのうれい kouko no urei

後顧の憂い is read as こうこのうれい (kouko no urei) and means anxiety (about the future).

Meaning

English

anxiety (about the future)

Reading

Kana

こうこのうれい

Romaji

kouko no urei

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 48 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb ✓ Rank 119151 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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後顧

こうこ

looking back

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)

後払い

あとばらい

deferred payment

後追い

あとおい

trailing

後ろめたい

うしろめたい

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.)

後が無い

あとがない

having one's back to the wall

後に引けない

あとにひけない

unable to back out

後援

こうえん

support

後輩

こうはい

junior (at work, school, etc.)

後悔

こうかい

regret

後継

こうけい

succession

後遺症

こういしょう

prognostic symptoms