外

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  • そと soto
  • obsolete reading
    と to

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  • noun
    outside, exterior
    • open air
      • other place

        Position expressions in Japanese

        Location words in Japanese

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        Position expressions in Japanese!

          July 23, 2018  Carles Amigó  Japanese language
           Vocabulary  Espai Wabi-Sabi 
        Image Position expressions in Japanese: Image from Espai Wabi Sabi
        上 - above, up, over下 - below, down, under間 - between隣 - next to前 - in front of後ろ - behind側 - near, close, beside横 - side-to-side近く - near遠く - far中 - inside外 - outside左 - left右 - rightEspai Wabi Sabi

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          外

        • 5 strokes

          outside

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        • Japanese sentence

          うちはうち、そとはそと。 

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          English translation

          Our house, our rules.

        • Japanese sentence

          いつもと変えてたまに外で食事しよう。 

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

        • Japanese sentence

          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。 

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

        外

        Also written as: 
        外他
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        • ほか hoka

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        • nounnoun taking the genitive case particle の
          other (place, thing, person), the rest
          • usually written using kana alone
            outside, beyond
              • esp. 外
            • usually written using kana aloneadverbial noun
              nothing except, nothing but, nothing apart from, nothing aside from, no choice (but to)
              • see also: 
              • as 〜ほか〜ない, usu. after より or the dictionary form of a verb
            • besides..., in addition to...
                • often as ほかに

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                外

              • 5 strokes

                outside

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                ほかの人は私のやっていることが出来ないだろう。 

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                I don't think anyone else could do my job.

              外

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              • がい gai

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              • suffix
                outside of, not covered by
                • antonym: 

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                外

              • 5 strokes

                outside

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                それは私の研究外のことです。 

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                It is outside my area of study.

              外

              Also written as: 
              余所他所外
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              • よそ yoso

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              • usually written using kana alonenounnoun taking the genitive case particle の
                another place, somewhere else, strange parts
                • see also: 
              • usually written using kana alonenoun
                outside (one's family or group), those people
                • antonym: 
              • usually written using kana alone
                unrelated matter
                • see also: 
                • often as 〜をよそに, 〜をよそにして, etc.

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                外

              • 5 strokes

                outside

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              • Japanese sentence

                ここの人たちはよそから来た人をみな嫌う。 

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                These people hate all foreigners.