戦 後(せんご)

せんご

noun

postwar, after the war

1. postwar, after the war

The period after a war. In Japanese without further specification, this almost always refers to the period after World War II, from Japan's surrender in 1945 onward. Used broadly for the social, political, and economic changes that followed.

戦後(せんご)の復興(ふっこう)は目覚(めざ)ましかった。

The postwar recovery was remarkable.

戦後(せんご)間(ま)もなく新(あたら)しい憲法(けんぽう)が制定(せいてい)された。

A new constitution was established shortly after the war.

戦後(せんご)の日本(にほん)は高度経済成長(こうどけいざいせいちょう)を経(へ)て先進国(せんしんこく)の仲間入(なかまい)りを果(は)たした。

Postwar Japan achieved developed-nation status through a period of rapid economic growth.

Usage

When used without qualification, 戦後(せんご) refers to the period after World War II (from 1945 onward). It is one of the most important temporal reference points in modern Japanese discourse. The expression 戦後(せんご)N年(ねん) (N years after the war) is used to mark anniversaries.

Common collocations

戦後(せんご)復興(ふっこう): postwar recovery/reconstruction
戦後(せんご)日本(にほん): postwar Japan
戦後(せんご)教育(きょういく): postwar education
戦後(せんご)民主主義(みんしゅしゅぎ): postwar democracy

Similar words

戦前(せんぜん): prewar (before the war)
戦中(せんちゅう): during the war, wartime

Related Words

Antonym: 戦前(せんぜん) (prewar)

Related: 戦争(せんそう) (war)

Related: 大戦(たいせん) (great war, world war)

Compare: 戦敗国(せんぱいこく) (defeated nation)

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