あとづけ【後付け】  (atozuke) |
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| 1 〔書籍の〕 《a book's》 back matter. |
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| 2 〔装備の追加〕 retrofit; retrofitting; postinstallation; custom installation. |
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|  後付けのカーナビ a custom-installed car navigation system. |
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| 3 〔理由などを後から付けること〕 giving  a reason [an excuse] afterward; addition of 《a cause》. |
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| 後付けの知識 〔自分の直接体験に基づかない, 後から得た知識〕 knowledge (that comes) after the fact |
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| ・後付けの理由 an ex post facto reason; a reason after the fact |
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| ・彼女に一目惚れして結婚した. 趣味が合うから, というのは後付けの理由だ. I fell in love with her at first sight. “We have hobbies in common” was a reason after the fact. |