Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)

    「じゃんけんね」「ぐー」「ちょ・・パー」「後出しかよ!」
    "Rock-paper-scissors, OK?" "Rock." "Sciss... paper." "You cheated!"
  2. bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute

Also written 後だし【あとだし】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

behind, back, later

Kun
のちうし.ろうしろあとおく.れる
On
コウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
26 of 2500
Radical
step
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

こししいしり

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3i6.5The Kanji Dictionary
2224.7Four corner code
2067deroo
5f8cUnicode hex code
1-24-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1610Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1742New Nelson (John Haig)
361New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
431Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
267Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
321Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1379Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1479Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1300Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
276Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10098Morohashi
111A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
48Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
48Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
208sakade
53Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
123henshall3
174Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
48crowley
30Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.11busy_people
625Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1391Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hou4Pinyin reading
huKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

Kun
で.る-でだ.す-だ.すい.でるい.だす
On
シュツスイ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
13 of 2500
Radical
container
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

いずいづいですっすつてん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-2SKIP code
0a5.22The Kanji Dictionary
2277.2Four corner code
1276deroo
51faUnicode hex code
1-29-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
97Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
445New Nelson (John Haig)
3498New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4310Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2180Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2934Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
767Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
829Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
17A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
523Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
40Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1811Morohashi
34A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
53Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
53Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
90sakade
21Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
29henshall3
41Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
8crowley
185Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
174Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
774Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chu1Pinyin reading
chul, chuKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level