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後日

ごじつ

later date

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Examples

  1. 後日改めてご連絡します。

    ごじつあらためてごれんらくします。

    I will contact you again at a later date.

  2. 結果は後日郵送でお知らせいたします。

    けっかはごじつゆうそうでおしらせいたします。

    We will notify you of the result by post at a later date.

  3. 後日談を聞いて驚いた。

    ごじつだんをきいておどろいた。

    I was surprised when I heard the sequel to the story.

Common patterns

後日改めて
again at a later date
後日連絡する
to get in touch another day
後日談
the later story, the sequel

Memory tip

It means a different day in the future, not 'later today' — that is 後ほど. Note the reading ごじつ, not こうじつ, which is a different word meaning a pretext.

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