あとのまつり
Atonomatsuri
Other forms: 後の祭
後の祭り (Atonomatsuri) is a Japanese expression meaning “a day after the fair, (at a) stage when it's too late”.
Meanings
- expression, nouna day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
Examples
今更悔やんでも後の祭りだ。
It is too late to repent.
いまさら嘆いても、それこそ、後の祭だよ。
You can regret it all you want, but it won't do you any good now.
今さら騒いでもどうにもならないよ。後の祭りだよ。
Yelling about it won't help now. You should have done that when it counted.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).