後ろ
うしろ
hepburn ushiro
behind, back
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 車の後ろに人がいます。There is a person behind the car.
- 後ろから声が聞こえた。I heard a voice from behind.
Collocations
~の後ろ (behind)後ろから (from behind)後ろを見る (look back)後ろの席 (back seat)一番後ろ (very back)
Mnemonic
後ろ ushiro — spatial "behind". The same kanji 後 with reading あと ato means temporal "after/later". 後ろ = position, 後 (ato) = time. Pairs with mae. Pattern: noun + の + 後ろ.
Quick check
The kanji 後 has two readings — which split is correct?