Illustration: On the floor of a compact living room, a woman has a shirt spread across her knees with one button missing. Her sewing basket is open, and the replacement button waits beside the needle.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

後あと回まわし

atomawashi

putting off until later

Example sentences

  1. その問題もんだいは後回あとまわしにしよう。

    Let’s leave that matter for later.

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  2. 食事しょくじは後回あとまわしにしよう。

    Let dinner wait.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 難むずかしい問題もんだいは後回あとまわしにして、解とける問題もんだいから手てをつけます。

    I put off the difficult problems and start with the ones I can solve.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 後回

  • 後behind; backOnゴ・コウKunのち・うしろ・あと
  • 回-times; roundOnカイ・エKunまわる・まわす・まわし-

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