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I've been keeping a journal in Japanese, and recently I wrote a paragraph
about something I was planning to do, and then after I had done it, I wrote
another paragraph about how it went. I wanted to write something along the
lines of "It's later now." at the start of the second paragraph, to indicate
that there was a break in time between the first and second paragraph. I came
up with two possibilities, but I'm not sure if either sounds correct, much
less natural:

  * 後{あと}だ。
  * 今{いま}の方{ほう}が遅{おそ}い。

What is the most natural way to express this?
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Most natural way to express "It's later now."
I doubt 後だ or 今の方が遅い will work. And I cannot think of a short phrase that
looks similar and can be used in this context. Instead, you can:

  1. Just place a enough space or a horizontal line, and explain time has passed. (e.g. "前の文を書いてから5時間経った。", "そんなわけで実際に行ってきた。", "今これを書いているのはお店から帰ってきた後だ。") Here そんなわけで is used as an introductory conjunction similar to "So, ...".
  2. Use 追記, 追加, 続き, optionally with the actual time (e.g, "21:05 追記")
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