► 副詞
後に [のちに] [liter] meaning: later rank: 3
☆ 彼は後に首相になった ⇨ He later became a prime minister (☛ A literary alternative of あとに)
More examples:
- 彼等は善戦したものの、最後には負けてしまった ⇨ Even though they played well, in the end they lost
- 郵便は午後に集配する ⇨ The mailman comes to collect and deliver in the afternoon
- 直後にいた車に追突された ⇨ We got rear-ended by a car that was right behind
- 彼は20年後にやっと家族と再会した ⇨ He finally reunited with his family after 20 years
- 試合の最後の最後に大波乱が起きた ⇨ There was a huge drama at the very end of the game
- 発疹は数日後に消えた ⇨ The rash disappeared after a few days
- 住み慣れた街を後にするのは名残惜しい ⇨ It is hard to move away from the town I know so well
- 彼は頑固だったが最後には折れた ⇨ He was stubborn but relented in the end
- 彼はその作品を最後に筆を折った ⇨ He broke his pen, stop writing, after finishing the novel
- 彼は彼女の背後にそっと忍び寄った ⇨ He snuck up behind her
- 雨が一頻り降った後に晴れた ⇨ There was a little burst of rain and it cleared up
- 彼は人生の最後に花を咲かせた ⇨ He had a flower bloom, a great success, late in his life
- 彼は一旦同意した。ところが後になって態度を翻した ⇨ He had agreed once. However he changed his stance later
- それは後にしよう ⇨ Let’s do that later
- 私達は急いでその場を後にした ⇨ We left that place in a hurry