後記|こうきkouki[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounpostscript
  2. no-adjective, suru verbundermentioned; described below
Conjugation
Dictionary form後記する(こうきする)
Polite (masu)後記します(こうきします)
Negative (nai)後記しない(こうきしない)
polite (masen)後記しません(こうきしません)
classical zu / nu後記せず・後記せぬ(こうきせず・こうきせぬ)
Past (ta)後記した(こうきした)
polite (mashita)後記しました(こうきしました)
Past negative (nakatta)後記しなかった(こうきしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)後記しませんでした(こうきしませんでした)
Te form後記して(こうきして)
Potential後記できる(こうきできる)
Passive後記される(こうきされる)
Causative後記させる(こうきさせる)
Causative passive後記させられる(こうきさせられる)
Conditional (ba)後記すれば(こうきすれば)
tara後記したら(こうきしたら)
Volitional後記しよう(こうきしよう)
polite (mashou)後記しましょう(こうきしましょう)
Imperative後記しろ(こうきしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym後書きあとがきNeutralAn afterword at the end of a book, or a postscript to a letter; the most common everyday word. 「後記」 is more formal and mostly appears as 「編集後記」.
  • Synonym跋ばつWrittenFormal prose: a colophon-style epilogue after the main text of a book or poem. Rarely used on its own.
  • Synonym跋文ばつぶんWrittenFormal prose: an afterword, leaning toward classical texts and scholarship. More formal than 「後書き」.
  • Synonym後がきNeutralAnother spelling of 「後書き」 (item 3), with the same meaning: an afterword at the end of a book. 「後記」 is more formal and mostly appears as 「編集後記」.
  • Synonymあと書きNeutralSame as item 3: 「あと書き」 is just another spelling of 「後書き」, with the same meaning.
  • Antonym前書きまえがきNeutralA preface before the main text: the counterpart of the closing remarks of 「後記」.
  • Antonym序文じょぶんWrittenFormal prose: a preface, the counterpart of the end-of-book note 「後記」.

For an afterword at the end of a book, say 「あとがき」. 「後記」 is the formal word for things like a magazine's 「編集後記」; classical texts use 「跋文」. For a preface, use 「前書き」 or 「序文」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 後あとの記録きろく。
  2. 書籍しょせきなどで本文ほんぶんの後あとに付け加つけくわえられる文章ぶんしょう。また文章ぶんしょうを付け加つけくわえること。
  3. これより後あとに記しるされる箇所かしょ。また、これより後あとに文ぶんを記しるすこと。
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