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JLPT N1expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

後あとの祭まつり

ato no matsuri

too late to do anything about it

Example sentences

  1. 今いまさら騒さわいでもどうにもならないよ。後あとの祭まつりだよ。

    Yelling about it won’t help now. You should have done that when it counted.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 「あんなこと言いわなきゃよかった」と後悔こうかいしても後あとの祭まつりだ。

    Even if you regret it and think, “I shouldn’t have said that,” it’s too late.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. 締しめ切きりを過すぎてから申もうし込こんでも後あとの祭まつりだ。

    Once the deadline has passed, it’s too late to apply.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 後祭

  • 後behind; backOnゴ・コウKunのち・うしろ・あと
  • 祭ritual; offer prayersOnサイKunまつる・まつり・まつり

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