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外(そと)

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noun

  1. outside; exterior

    あるものの意味がわかるためには、そのものの外に出て、離れたところからそれを経験することができなければならない。

    You have to be outside something, able to experience it from a distance, before it makes sense.

  2. the open (air)

    いつもと変えてたまに外で食事しよう。

    Let's occasionally change where we go to eat out.

  3. other place; somewhere else; outside one's group (family, company, etc.)

    うちはうち、そとはそと。

    Our house, our rules.

Other forms

と

外(ほか)

他(ほか)
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noun

  1. another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside

    彼はほかに情報を求めることにした。

    He decided to seek information elsewhere.

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    日本では琵琶湖ほど大きな湖はほかにない。

    No other lake in Japan is as large as Lake Biwa.

noun, nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

  1. another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al.

    地球は水があるという点でほかの惑星と違う。

    The earth is different from the other planets in that it has water.

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    他の人には私のやっていることは出来ないだろう。

    No other man could do my work.

  2. beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside

    word usually written using kana alone; esp. 外

noun

  1. except; but; other than; apart from

    with neg. sentence; as ...ほかに...ない, ...するほかない, etc.

    ここには私のほかに誰もいない。

    There's no one but me here.

noun, adverb

  1. besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of

    as ...のほか(に), ...するほか(に)etc.

    本を貸し出すほかに、図書館は他のいろいろなサービスを提供する。

    Besides lending books, libraries offer various other services.

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    彼女はギターのほかにピアノも弾く。

    She plays piano as well as the guitar.

外(がい)

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suffix

  1. outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...

    それは私の研究外のことです。

    It is outside my area of study.

外(よそ)

余所(よそ)
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noun, nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

  1. another place; somewhere else; strange parts

    word usually written using kana alone

    ここの人たちはよそから来た人をみな嫌う。

    These people hate all foreigners.

  2. outside (one's family or group); someone else; other people

    word usually written using kana alone

noun

  1. not caring for; being indifferent to; taking little notice of; ignoring; neglecting

    word usually written using kana alone; as 〜をよそに, 〜をよそにして, etc.

Other forms

他所