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水面から飛び立つ鳥は努めてあとを濁さないように。 Sentence from jisho for 努めて. Can anyone help clarify
what the あと here means?
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What is the あと in 努めてあとを濁さないように
This あと is 後 (or 跡) in kanji. It has several meanings, but in this case it
vaguely refers to "something left behind" or "the situation of a place after
you left it". More concretely, あと in this sentence refers to a swamp where
migrating birds have been staying. Note that this example sentence is taken
from [this well-known
idiom](https://jisho.org/search/%E7%AB%8B%E3%81%A4%E9%B3%A5%E8%B7%A1%E3%82%92%E6%BF%81%E3%81%95%E3%81%9A).

Other examples:

>   * 私は今月でこの会社を辞めるので、 **後** のことはあなたに任せます。
>   *
> [後は野となれ山となれ](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%BE%8C%E3%81%AF%E9%87%8E%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8C%E5%B1%B1%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8C)
> (idiom)
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