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：2026/01/12
人後
Hiragana
じんご
Noun
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
他人の後塵を拝すること。ほかの人より劣った位置・順序になること。後れをとること。 / （多く否定表現を伴って）他人より劣った立場になることを受け入れる・甘んじること。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ほかのひとにまけて、あとになること
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
居于他人之后 / 不及他人 / 落后于人
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
落在人後 / 不及他人 / 屈居其次
Korean Meaning
남보다 뒤처짐 / 남에게 뒤지는 것 / 타인 뒤로 밀리는 처지
Indonesian
keadaan kalah dari orang lain / berada di belakang orang lain / ketertinggalan dari orang lain
Vietnamese Meaning
sự thua kém người khác / sự bị tụt hậu so với người khác / vị trí phía sau người khác
Tagalog Meaning
pagkahuli sa iba / pagiging nasa likod ng iba / pagkatalo sa iba
Sense（1）
(idiomatic) losing out to others, coming after or behind another person
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Quizzes for review
(idiomatic) losing out to others, coming after or behind another person
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人後
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He always ends up losing out to others.
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彼はいつも人後に落ちてしまう。
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