LingakuFrequency rank: 5,385. – 5,393.
- the latterantonym: 前者
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- the latter
This term is used to refer to the second of two items or options mentioned in a sentence. It is often employed when comparing or contrasting two things.
Generated collocations (experimental)
こうしゃ後者をえらぶ選ぶto choose the latterこうしゃ後者のいけん意見the opinion of the latterぜんしゃ前者とこうしゃ後者the former and the latterこうしゃ後者とぜんしゃ前者のちがい違いthe difference between the latter and the formerこうしゃ後者のじれい事例an example of the latterこうしゃ後者がゆうせん優先されるthe latter is prioritizedこうしゃ後者にかんれん関連するrelated to the latterこうしゃ後者のれいをあげる例を挙げるto give an example of the latter
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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Out of the two designs, I prefer the former to the latter.
Rose and lilies are in bloom in the garden. I like these better than those.
Many support the former alternative, but I prefer the latter.
The solution of one may prove to be the solution of the other.
I prefer Noh to Kabuki, because the former looks more elegant to me than the latter.
I like dogs better than cats, because the former are more faithful than the latter.
I like a dog better than a cat, for the former is more faithful than the latter.
I have a son and a daughter. The one is in New York, and the other in London.
11. しごと仕事とあそび遊びはりょうほうとも両方ともけんこう健康にひつよう必要である。こうしゃ後者はわれわれ我々にきゅうそく休息をあたえ与え、ぜんしゃ前者はかつどうりょく活動力をあたえて与えてくれる。
Work and play are both necessary to health; this gives us rest, and that gives us energy.
12. こうしゃ後者ののうりょく能力はすべていでん遺伝によってわたしたち私達につたえられる伝えられる。つまり、おや親からうけつぐ受けつぐいでんし遺伝子をとおして通してわたしたち私たちはそうしたのうりょく能力をうけとる受け取るのである。
All of these abilities are passed on to us by genetic transmission; we receive them by way of the genes that we inherit from our parents.
The original and the copy are easily distinguished since the one is much more vivid than the other.
Health is above wealth: this doesn't give so much pleasure as that.
Health is above wealth; the latter gives less fortune than the former.
Health is above wealth, for the former is more important than the latter.
Health is above wealth, for this does not give us so much happiness as that.
Fish and meat are both nourishing, but the latter is more expensive than the former.