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Usages of ato de
会議 の あと で 担当者 に 質問 を して も いい です か？kaigi no ato de tantousya ni situmon wo site mo ii desu ka?
May I ask the person in charge a question after the meeting?
妻 は 夫 に、 晩ご飯 の あと で 皿 を 洗う よう に 頼みました。tuma ha otto ni, bangohan no ato de sara wo arau you ni tanomimasita.
The wife asked her husband to wash the dishes after dinner.
晩ご飯 の あと で、 皿 を 洗います。bangohan no ato de, sara wo araimasu.
After dinner, I wash the dishes.
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