後々・後後・跡々・跡跡|あとあとatoato[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, adverbfuture; distant future

• Synonym今後こんごWrittenWritten and common in formal settings; means from now on. 「後々」 looks at a later time when something may have an effect.
• Synonym将来しょうらいWrittenWritten; speaks of one's future prospects, as in 「将来の夢」. 「後々」 is about the effects things bring later on.
• Synonym未来みらいWrittenWritten; the era yet to come, often on a grand scale, as in 「未来社会」. 「後々」 speaks of the effects things bring later.
• Synonym以後いごWrittenWritten; from a certain point on, as in 「以後気をつけます」. 「後々」 points to a later time.
• Synonym先行きさきゆきNeutralThe outlook ahead, as in 「先行き不安」. 「後々」 is about the effects things bring later.
• Synonymこの先このさきNeutralCovers the time or space ahead from now, as in 「この先どうなる」; 「後々」 focuses on a later point when something will matter.
• Synonymこの後このあとNeutralMeans the time just after this, fairly near at hand, as in 「この後の予定」; 「後々」 looks further ahead.
• Related先々さきざきNeutralThe distant future, or everywhere one goes, as in 「行く先々」. 「後々」 is about later effects.
• Related向後こうごFormalFormal; means from now on, with a stately, old-fashioned air. 「後々」 is more colloquial.
• RelatedこれからNeutralFrom right now, as in 「これから出かける」. 「後々」 points to a later time.
• Related行き先いきさきNeutralA destination or one's prospects, as in 「行き先を告げる」. 「後々」 points to a later time.
• Related行く先ゆくさきNeutralWhere one is headed or one's prospects, as in 「行く先が案じられる」. 「後々」 points to a later time.
• Related先さきCasualColloquial and very broad: ahead, earlier, or the future. 「後々」 only refers to a later time.
• RelatedフューチャーCasualColloquial loanword for the future, often used in proper names. 「後々」 points to a later time.
• Related末々すえずえWrittenWritten; the distant future or one's descendants. 「後々」 stresses a later point when something will have an effect.
• Related自今じこんFormalFormal; from now on, seen mostly in official documents. 「後々」 is more colloquial.
• Relatedお先おさきCasualColloquial; the space ahead or excusing oneself first, as in 「お先に失礼」. 「後々」 points to a later time.
• Related後の世のちのよWrittenWritten; later ages or the world after death. 「後々」 means some point ahead and often speaks of the effects then.
• Related後来こうらいWrittenWritten; the time ahead or those who come after. 「後々」 is about later effects.

Choose 「後々」 when something at a later time will have an effect, as in 「後々困る」 or 「後々のために」. For 'from now on' use 「今後」 or 「この先」; for one's future 「将来」; for the outlook ahead 「先行き」; for posterity 「後の世」.

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1. このあとのこと。将来しょうらい。