越後獅子 (echigojishi: street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion’s head)
to move to + after + lion + child
The first two kanji, 越後, actually have nothing to do with “move after.” Rather, before the prefecture system was introduced in the beginning of the Meiji Era, 越後 referred to the Niigata area.
後出し (atodashi: waiting to see one’s opponent’s move before doing anything (e.g., as in the rock-paper-scissors technique of making decisions))
after + to put out, to reveal
後仕舞 (atojimai: straightening up afterward, settlement, winding up)
after + to attend + to dance
