あとで details
write + (past) + after doing
kaita atode
after doing; after N
meaning: after writing
宿題やったあとでゲームしようよ。
shukudai yatta atode geemu shiyou yo.
Let's play games after doing our homework. casual
昼ごはんを食べたあとで、少し散歩しました。
hirugohan o tabeta atode, sukoshi sanpo shimashita.
I took a short walk after eating lunch. neutral
- contraction
Examples
after doing / after N — orders two events in time
宿題やったあとでゲームしようよ。
shukudai yattaatode geemu shiyou yo.
Let's play games after doing our homework. casual
昼ごはんを食べたあとで、少し散歩しました。
hirugohan o tabetaatode, sukoshi sanpo shimashita.
I took a short walk after eating lunch. neutral
会議のあとで、資料をお送りします。
kaigi no ato de, shiryou o o okuri shimasu.
I will send you the materials after the meeting. formal
Formation
{V-ta}あとでattaches to た-form{N}のあとでattaches to noun
Variant notes
- あと — で drops freely with no register change — 食[た]べたあと寝[ね]た, ごはんのあと. Fully standard in speech and writing.
Notes
Related patterns
Similar
てから welds the two events tightly (often a precondition) and alone carries the durative "since" reading (来てから三年になる); たあとで merely states the order and tolerates any gap.
Both hang off completion-た, and as predicates they converge when ちょうど pins the moment (ちょうど食べたあとだ ≈ 食べたところだ) — but あとで only states posteriority across any gap, while たところだ by itself claims the gap is minutes, not years.
Opposite
- まえにplain-antonym
Mirror-image time markers with asymmetric attachment — まえに takes the dictionary form even in past narratives, あとで demands the た-form regardless of when the sentence happens.
Lookalikes
Both sit on the た-form, but たばかり asserts recency ("just did"), while たあとで only sequences — 十年前に卒業したあとで is neutral; たばかり with a long span needs the speaker to frame it as subjectively recent.