in other words; what I (you, etc.) mean is

to startle; to surprise; to astonish

past tense and perfective aspect of 言う (iu, yū) [godan]

nonetheless, although, be that as it may

(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

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

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

later, afterwards, some time after the present