► 名詞
直後 [(1)ちょくご] meaning: after rank: 2
☆ 地震の直後に火災が発生した ⇨ Fires started right after the earthquake
直後 [(1)ちょくご] meaning: behind rank: 2
☆ 直後にいた車に追突された ⇨ We got rear-ended by a car that was right behind
More examples:
- 日本では第二次大戦直後に女性の参政権が確立された ⇨ The political participation rights for women were established right after WW2 in Japan
- 買った直後に値が下がって損をした ⇨ I lost, wasted, money because the price dropped right after I had bought it
- 彼等は試合開始直後に四点を入れて主導権を握った ⇨ They grasped the control of the game by scoring 4 runs right after the game had started
- 飛行機は離陸直後に墜落した ⇨ The plane crashed right after the takeoff
- 戦争直後街には沢山の孤児がいた ⇨ There were many orphans on the streets right after the war