Meaning

Primary

After

Alternatives

Afterwards, Later

Word Type

adverb

Explanation

This shares one of the meanings you learned for the kanji: after. You can differentiate this one from 後ろ (which you may or may not have seen yet) thanks to the on the end. Some people believe that after something's dead (), it goes to an afterlife.

Reading

あとで
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

After. Everything happens after. It's a cause and effect chain. One thing happens, and then another thing happens after. This is life. This is the universe. Everything is after. It's an automatic (あと) cycle that just keeps going and going and going.

Context

Pattern of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 後で見る

    to watch later

    後で言う

    to say later

    後でする

    to do later

Context Sentences

後でホテルに来て下さい。

Please come to the hotel later.

ミーティングについては後でメールしますよ。

I will email about the meeting later.

テレビは後で見ます。

I will watch TV later.

Kanji Composition