後

後

後	Meanings: after, behind On Readings: ゴ go, コウ kou Kun Readings: あと ato, うし（ろ） ushi(ro), おく（れる） oku(reru), のち nochi Most Used Pronunciation: go JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 彳 Stroke Number: 9

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Common jukugo
午後 - ご　ご go go - afternoon (PM)
午後二時 - ご　ご　に　じ go go ni ji - 2 O'clock in the afternoon
最後 - さい　ご sai go - the last, the end

Useful Examples
Japanese: 午後から休む。
Romaji: go go kara yasumu.
English: I will rest this afternoon.

Japanese: その後彼らは幸福に暮らした。
Romaji: sono ato karera wa kou fuku ni kurashita.
Literal: That after they happily lived
English: And they lived happily ever after.

Japanese: きょうの午後医者へ行く予定にしている。
Romaji: kyou no gogo isha e iku yotei ni shite iru.
English: I'm going to go to the doctor this afternoon.

Japanese: その問題は後回しにしよう。
Romaji: sono mondai wa ato mawashi ni shiyou.
English: Let's leave that matter for later.

Japanese: アンは放課後よくテニスをします。
Romaji: an wa houkago yoku tenisu o shimasu.
English: Ann often plays tennis after school.

Japanese: 開演は午後７時である。
Romaji: kaien wa gogo nanaji de aru.
English: The curtain goes up at 7:00 p.m.

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.