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

all night

(literary) exhaustion; supreme tiredness

(literary) to be exhausted

waiting impatiently / time dragging on

A Japanese surname.

a strong sense of impatience, that what one hopes for will take forever before it comes to pass: the sense that time has slowed to a crawl

a strong sense of impatience, that what one hopes for will take forever before it comes to pass: the sense that time has slowed to a crawl