後釜
1〔後任〕a successor ((to))人の後釜に座るsucceed to a person's post田中の後釜に鈴木を据えたThey put Suzuki in Tanaka's p...
後金
1〔払い残りの金〕the remainder (of a payment); the balance due後金を早急に入れてくださいPlease pay the balance immedia...
後腐れ
future trouble後腐れのないよう彼に金をやったI gave him some money so 「there would be no trouble [he wouldn't bot...
後口
1an aftertaste ⇒あとあじ(後味)2〔あとの順番〕この問題は後口に回そうLet's deal with this problem later.まだ後口が控えているThere are...
後講釈
a judg(e)ment made in hindsight; criticism made after the fact;〔特に敗因の〕a postmortem今更何を言っても後講釈でしかな...
後先
1〔順序〕order後先を間違えるreverse [《口》 mess up] the order話が後先になってしまったI've got(ten) (the order of) the stor...
跡継ぎ
1〔家名を継ぐ者〕an inheritor, an heir;〔女〕an heiress2〔芸道,学問などの後継者〕a successor; an heir一番弟子の彼がその派の跡継ぎになったA...
跡付け
事件の跡付けは念入りに行われたThe investigation of the incident was carried out with great care.
後の祭
今さら後悔しても後の祭りだIt is too late for regrets now./What's done is done./That's water under the bridge.後...
後回し
支払いを後回しにするpostpone [defer] paymentそれは後回しでいいThat can wait./You can do it later.その問題は後回しにされた〔先に延ばされ...