JLPT N2 · Noun / adverb

以後 (igo)

以後 (いご, igo) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “after this; from now on”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いご
Romaji: igo
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

after this; from now on; hereafter · noun, adverb
thereafter; since (then); after · noun, adverb · esp. after あれ, それ or the -te form of a verb

Example sentences

以後こんなことはいたしません。

I'll never do this again.

Tatoeba #191217

それ以後彼女に会っていません。

I haven't seen her since then.

Tatoeba #204500

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 以後

以

by means of, because, in view ofイ・もっ.て · 5 strokes

後

behind, back, laterゴ・コウ・のち・うし.ろ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 以後.

以下いかnot exceeding ...以内いないwithin以外いがいexcluding以上いじょうnot less than ...以前いぜんbefore以来いらいsince以降いこうon and after後あとbehind後ろうしろback午後ごごafternoon明後日あさってday after tomorrow最後さいごend後ごafter後のちlater

Source: JMdict entry 1155100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.