Illustration: On a quiet residential lane, a parent pushes a small handcart toward an open apartment entrance. The cart’s front, the parent’s gaze, and their stepping feet all face the doorway. Several paces behind the cart, a small dog sits stubbornly beside a dropped glove while a child looks back toward it.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

後こう方ほう

kouhou

rear, back

Example sentences

  1. バスの後方こうほうへお詰つめ願ねがいます。

    Please move to the rear of the bus.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 部屋へやの後方こうほうの人達ひとたちには話はなし手ての声こえは聞きこえなかった。

    The people in the rear of the room could not hear the speaker.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 主おもに前方ぜんぽうと後方こうほうから観賞かんしょうできるように作つくられる。

    This type of yamakasa is made to be viewed mainly from the front and the rear sides.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 後方

  • 後behind; backOnゴ・コウKunのち・うしろ・うしろ
  • 方direction; personOnホウKunかた

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