後先

あとさき

Meanings

1. Noun front and rear; before and after; both ends; beginning and end
2. order; sequence See also: 後先になる (あとさきになる).
3. consequences See also: 後先考えず (あとさきかんがえず).
4. context

Kanji

• 後 after. Read as あと.
• 先 ahead. Read as さき.

Example sentences

• 後先考えず、とりあえずやってみるか。後は野となれ山となれ、だよ。
  Let's just try it. Who cares what happens afterward? There's no sense thinking too much about that.

Common phrases

• 後先を考えない
• 後先考えず (あとさきかんがえず) without thinking of the consequences

Words containing 後先

• 後先考えず (あとさきかんがえず) without thinking of the consequences
• 後先になる (あとさきになる) to be inverted (of the order of something)

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