Illustration: In a present-day local history museum, a grandmother and grandchild study a large archival photograph of Japan immediately after the Second World War.

JLPT N2no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

戦せん後ご

sengo

postwar period, after the war

In Japanese history, it usually refers to the period after World War II. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 戦後せんごに生うまれました。

    I was born after the war.

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  2. 一家いっかは戦後せんごひどく辛つらい目めにあった。

    The family had a hard time after the war.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 日本にっぽんの産業さんぎょうは戦後せんご大おおきな進歩しんぽを遂とげた。

    Japanese industry has made great advances since the war.

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Kanji in 戦後

  • 戦war; battleOnセンKunいくさ・たたかう・おののく
  • 後behind; backOnゴ・コウKunのち・うしろ・うしろ

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