午後
ごご
hepburn gogo
afternoon, PM
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 午後三時に会いましょう。Let's meet at 3 p.m.
- 午後から雨が降ります。It'll rain from the afternoon.
Collocations
午後 (gogo, afternoon / p.m.)午後の紅茶 (gogo no koucha, afternoon tea — also a famous drink brand)午後から (gogo kara, from the afternoon)午後の部 (gogo no bu, afternoon session)今日の午後 (kyou no gogo, this afternoon)
Mnemonic
午後 gogo — 午 + 後 (after): after noon = p.m.; the kanji overlap Korea's and China's exactly. Kirin's beverage 「午後の紅茶」, born in 1986, took this very time-word whole as a brand. A cup of afternoon tea — the image of pausing to catch one's breath was dressed onto the word. A case of a word that once only pointed at time coming to carry the scent of rest. Kanji-reading kin: 後 reads Korean 'hu' (午後), Mandarin hòu.
Quick check
Why do 午後 kanji align with the Korean reading ohu?