► 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:
- 私達は急いでその場を後にした ⇨ We left that place in a hurry
- それは後にしよう ⇨ Let’s do that later
- その映画には最後の最後にどんでん返しがある ⇨ There is a big surprise at the very end of the movie
- 雨が一頻り降った後に晴れた ⇨ There was a little burst of rain and it cleared up
- 最初彼女はそれで良いと言っていた。なのに後になって嫌だと言い出した ⇨ Initially she had said it was OK. But, in spite of that, later she started saying she didn’t like it
- 数分後に警察が現場に駆けつけた ⇨ The police arrived at the scene within a few minutes
- 郵便は午後に集配する ⇨ The mailman comes to collect and deliver in the afternoon
- 後になって彼は文句を言い出した ⇨ He started complaining after the fact
- 後に起こる事件の伏線が敷かれている ⇨ The foreshadowings of a later event are laid out
- その事件の前後に怪しい男が目撃された ⇨ A suspicious man was seen around the time of the incident
- 彼は文の最後に句点を打った ⇨ He wrote a period at the end of the sentence
- 手術から二週間後に医者が抜糸した ⇨ The doctor removed suture 2 weeks after the operation
- 彼等は首位の背後にぴったりつけている ⇨ They are right behind the leader
- 彼は人生の最後の最後に一花咲かせた ⇨ He made one flower bloom, had a sizeable success, at the very end of his life
- 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