後続|こうぞくkouzoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjective, suru verb, intransitive verbsucceeding; following; trailing; next
    「あっ、後続こうぞくのパーティが来きたみたいだな」「あちゃー。休やすんでる間あいだに追おいつかれちゃったわね」↗
    "Ah, the trailing group has arrived." "Oh no. They caught up with us while we were resting."
Conjugation
Dictionary form後続する(こうぞくする)
Polite (masu)後続します(こうぞくします)
Negative (nai)後続しない(こうぞくしない)
polite (masen)後続しません(こうぞくしません)
classical zu / nu後続せず・後続せぬ(こうぞくせず・こうぞくせぬ)
Past (ta)後続した(こうぞくした)
polite (mashita)後続しました(こうぞくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)後続しなかった(こうぞくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)後続しませんでした(こうぞくしませんでした)
Te form後続して(こうぞくして)
Potential後続できる(こうぞくできる)
Passive後続される(こうぞくされる)
Causative後続させる(こうぞくさせる)
Causative passive後続させられる(こうぞくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)後続すれば(こうぞくすれば)
tara後続したら(こうぞくしたら)
Volitional後続しよう(こうぞくしよう)
polite (mashou)後続しましょう(こうぞくしましょう)
Imperative後続しろ(こうぞくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • RelatedついていくCasualColloquial verb for walking behind someone or keeping up with them; 「後続」 is a noun for things that come after something.
  • Related後あとNeutralThe broadest word, covering 'behind' in space and 'after' in time; 「後続」 narrows this to things like vehicles or processing that follow on.
  • Related後ろうしろNeutralRefers to the position or space behind; 「後続」 is about things that come after, not a location.
  • Related後方しりえWrittenA written, old-fashioned word for the rear, read 「しりえ」; today say 「後方」 or 「後ろ」 instead.
  • Antonym先行せんこうWrittenWritten word for going ahead or preceding; the direct opposite of 「後続」.
  • Antonym先発せんぱつWrittenWritten word for departing or starting first, or being in the starting lineup in team sports; the opposite of 「後続」.

Use 「後続」 for things that follow on after something, as in 「後続車」 or 「後続処理」. Say 「後ろ」 for the space behind, 「後」 for 'after' in time as well, and 「ついて行く」 for following someone. The written opposites are 「先行」 and 「先発」, for going or starting first.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 何なんかの後あとに続つづくこと。また、そのようなもの。
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