after

後で、後ろから

人や物の後ろから、または後の時点で。

やさしい英語で： Behind someone or something, or at a later time.

• I left, and she came after.
• He called shortly after.
• We met again years after.

類義語： later, behind, afterward

反対語： before

よく使う表現： soon after, shortly after, follow after

の後に

ある出来事や時刻より後の時点に。

やさしい英語で： At a time later than a particular event or time.

• Call me after lunch.
• We went home after the concert.
• Did you sleep after taking the medicine?

使い方： after doing something (Wash your hands after touching raw meat.)

類義語： following

反対語： before

よく使う表現： after lunch, after school, after work, after midnight

の後に、の次に

列や一覧などの順番で、ある人や物より後に。

やさしい英語で： Behind someone or something in a line, list, or other order.

• Your name comes after mine.
• Put the blue card after the red one.
• Who comes after you in the queue?

類義語： behind, following

反対語： before

よく使う表現： after someone, come after something, page after page

を追って、を求めて

誰かを捕まえようとしたり、欲しいものを得ようとしたりする。

やさしい英語で： Trying to catch someone or get something you want.

• The dog ran after me.
• Are you after a new job?
• They went after the biggest prize.

使い方： be after someone/something (The police are after the driver.)

類義語： in pursuit of, seeking

よく使う表現： run after someone, be after something, go after something, chase after someone

の後に

掃除の話で、他の人が散らかしたものを片付けることを表す。

やさしい英語で： When you clean up this way, you remove the mess another person has left.

• Please clean up after yourself.
• She picked up after the children all morning.
• I'm tired of tidying up after you.

使い方： clean up after someone (I'm always cleaning up after my children.)

よく使う表現： clean up after someone, pick up after someone, tidy up after someone

した後で、してから

文をつなぎ、ある出来事が別の出来事の後に起こることを表す。

やさしい英語で： You use this to say that one event happens later than another event.

• I'll call after I get home.
• She rested after she finished the work.
• Can we play after we've eaten?

使い方： after + clause (We ate after everyone had arrived.)

類義語： once

反対語： before

よく使う表現： after you arrive, after we finish, after someone leaves

船尾の、後部の

船や飛行機の後ろの部分、またはその近くにある。

やさしい英語で： At or near the back of a ship or aircraft.

• The crew gathered on the after deck.
• Smoke rose from the after compartment.
• They stored the equipment in the after cabin.

類義語： rear, aft

反対語： forward

よく使う表現： after deck, after cabin, after hatch