How to say "after" in Japanese

• 後ごJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix), adverbThe ordinary word for a time following an event: 'after dinner', 'after the war', 'a year after'. It points to the period or moment that comes after the stated point.
  １週間しゅうかん後ごに、その家いえは倒壊とうかいした。↗

  Down fell the house a week later.
• すぎJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Covers 'after' in the sense of just past a stated time — 'a little after six', 'past midnight' — usually implying only a short stretch has gone by beyond that point.
  １０時じ過すぎには電話でんわをしないで下ください。↗

  Don't call me up after ten o'clock.
• たらCommon
  particle, conjunctionA conditional form: 'after' here really means 'once' or 'when' — 'after you finish, give me a call'. Use it when one completed action triggers the next, not for plain time references.
  やってみたら簡単かんたんでした。↗

  I found it easy when I gave it a try.
• アフターCommon
  prefixThe borrowed English word. It turns up chiefly inside loan expressions rather than standing alone, so it is seldom the word you want for simply saying 'after' in a sentence.
• 挙句あげくCommon
  adverb, nounOnly for 'after (a long process)': what finally happened at the end of prolonged deliberation, dispute or effort, often with a hint that the outcome hardly repaid all the trouble.
  コンピューターを物色ぶっしょくして歩あるいたあげく、デイヴィドより２００ドル安やすい値段ねだんで手てに入いれた。↗

  I shopped around for my computer and ended up paying $200 less than David.

For plain 'after' in time use 後（ご）, for just past a stated time 「すぎ」, for 'once/if' clauses 「たら」, for loan expressions 「アフター」, and for the end of a long drawn-out process 挙句.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 後ごafter
• すぎpast
• たらif
• アフターafter
• 挙句あげくafter (a long process)
• 事後じごafter
• 後からあとからafter
• 末にすえにfinally
• 以往いおうafter
• からというものafter
• 経てばたてばafter
• 経てへてthrough
• 後あとafter
• 以後いごthereafter
• っきり(ever) since
• からafter
• きり(ever) since
• あがりafter (rain, illness, etc.)
• 末すえ(finally) after