Vocabulary

後者

the latter; the second

noun
N3 freq #10

Example sentences

The solution of one may prove to be the solution of the other.

I like dogs better than cats, because the former are more faithful than the latter.

I have a son and a daughter. The one is in New York, and the other in London.

Work and play are both necessary to health; this gives us rest, and that gives us energy.

The latter view has many supporters in Japan.

Health is above wealth, for this does not give us so much happiness as that.

Of soccer and rugby, I prefer the latter.

The former is inferior to the latter in some respect.