"午後" meaning in Japanese

See 午後 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɡo̞ɡo̞] Forms: 午後 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), gogo [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 午 (go, “noon”) + 後 (-go, “after-, post-”). Etymology templates: {{suf|ja|午|後|sort=こご'|t1=noon|t2=after-, post-|tr1=go|tr2=-go}} 午 (go, “noon”) + 後 (-go, “after-, post-”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ごご}} 午(ご)後(ご) • (gogo)
  1. afternoon, PM Wikipedia link: Daijirin, ja:午前と午後 Related terms: 午前 (gozen) (ruby: (), (ぜん)) (english: morning, AM, forenoon), 正午 (shōgo) (ruby: (しょう), ()) (english: noon), 真夜中 (mayonaka) (ruby: (), (), (なか)) (english: midnight)
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          "ご"
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          "ご"
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          "english": "half past four PM",
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        },
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          "english": "noon",
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            ],
            [
              "午",
              "ご"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "midnight",
          "roman": "mayonaka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "真",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "夜",
              "よ"
            ],
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              "中",
              "なか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "真夜中"
        }
      ],
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        "Daijirin",
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      ]
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    },
    {
      "english": "noon",
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          "正",
          "しょう"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "roman": "mayonaka",
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        ],
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          "よ"
        ],
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    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 午後 meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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