死後(しご)

しご
noun
after death; posthumous
1. after death; posthumously; post-mortem
The period or state following someone's death. Often used as a temporal modifier.
死後(しご)の世界(せかい)を信(しん)じる。
I believe in the afterlife.
彼(かれ)の作品(さくひん)は死後(しご)に評価(ひょうか)された。
His works were appreciated after his death.
死後(しご)数十年(すうじゅうねん)が経(た)ってから、未発表(みはっぴょう)の原稿(げんこう)が発見(はっけん)された。
Decades after the author's death, an unpublished manuscript was discovered.

Composed of 死(し) (death) + 後(ご) (after). Functions both as a noun and as an adverbial modifier. Commonly used in discussions of legacy, afterlife, inheritance, and posthumous recognition.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 死後(しご)の世界(せかい): the afterlife; the world after death
  • 死後(しご)硬直(こうちょく): rigor mortis
  • 死後(しご)に出版(しゅっぱん)された: published posthumously

RELATED WORDS:

  • 生前(せいぜん): during one's lifetime — the temporal opposite of 死後(しご)
  • 遺(い): prefix meaning "left behind by the deceased" (e.g., 遺作(いさく) posthumous work, 遺品(いひん) belongings of the deceased)
  • 死語(しご): dead language; obsolete word — a homophone with a completely different meaning
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