the rear, back, or backside of something / the rearward or backward direction / the portion of a palace where a queen or other female imperial consort lives

later, afterwards, some time after the present

later, afterwards, some time after the present

after

prefixing element in kanji compounds, adding a meaning of later, after, following, rearward

subsequently, afterwards

(後 "spatially behind") to depart from; to leave / (後 "temporally later") to put off something, to be dealt with later

behind, after

(obsolete) later, afterwards, some time after the present

welcome home (said by a person greeting another coming back home, a stock phrase required by the Japanese etiquette)