後の祭り

あとのまつり
a day after the fair

Reading

Readingあとのまつり
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Kanji後祭

Meanings

  1. a day after the fairexpr.n.idiom
    いまさら嘆いても、それこそ、後の祭だよ。You can regret it all you want, but it won't do you any good now.tatoeba
  2. (at a) stage when it's too late

Real voices: how native speakers say it

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どうやら後の祭りのようだった。
どうやらあとのまつりのようだった。It seemed it was already too late.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0