後々・後後|のちのちnochinochi[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, adverbfuture; distant future

• Synonym先々さきざきNeutralRead 「さきざき」, this means the future or the places one goes — close in meaning to 「後々」 rather than its opposite.
• Synonym将来しょうらいNeutralThe everyday word for one's future or prospects, as in 「将来の夢」. 「後々」 points to a more distant point later on rather than one's future in general.
• Synonym未来みらいNeutralRefers to the distant future, as in 「未来の社会」; 「後々」 is about some point later on in time.
• SynonymのちNeutralCovers 'later', 'afterwards' or after death, as in 「晴れのち曇り」; 「後々」 is the reduplicated form, stressing a more distant later time.
• Related先々さきざきNeutralRead 「さきざき」, this means the future or the places one goes — close in meaning to 「後々」 rather than its opposite.
• Related今後こんごNeutralMeans the time from now on and is common in formal settings; 「後々」 looks further ahead to a more distant later time.
• Related以後いごWrittenWritten/formal prose for the period after a given point in time; 「後々」 just points to a later time.
• Related先行きさきゆきNeutralRefers to prospects or how things develop from here on; 「後々」 points to a more distant later time.
• Related後の世のちのよWrittenWritten/formal prose for later ages or the afterlife; 「後々」 means later on and can stretch to posterity.
• Antonym前々まえまえNeutralMeans a long time ago, as in 「前々から」; it stands at the opposite pole from 「後々」 — the distant past versus later on.

Use 「後々（のちのち）」 for a fairly distant time later on, as in 「後々のことを考える」. For one's future pick 「将来」, for the time from now on 「今後」, and for prospects 「先行き」; the opposite pole is 「前々」.

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1. これからあとのこと。将来しょうらい。