Japanese word

後続

Pronunciation

Romajikōzoku

前の車が止まると、後続も止まりました。mae no kuruma ga to ma ru to kō zoku mo to ma ri ma shi ta

When the car ahead stopped, the following car stopped too.

高速道路では、後続車を確認してから車線を変更します。kō soku dō ro de wa kō zoku kuruma o kaku nin shi te ka ra sha sen o hen kō shi ma su

On the highway, I change lanes after checking the cars behind me.

後続 (kōzoku) describes a person or thing that continues behind another, with the focus on its place in a sequence.

先に進む人や物のあとに続く人や物。saki ni susu mu hito ya mono no a to ni tsuzu ku hito ya mono

The noun 後続 (kōzoku) is formed from 後 (kō, "behind") and 続 (zoku, "continue"), describing something that continues behind what came first.

Japanese news uses 後続 (kōzoku) for people, vehicles, and groups that come after an earlier one, so its range is wider than traffic vocabulary alone.