Word details
外
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 外.
Dictionary
Entry
1
outside; exterior
Examples
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)
Examples
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.)
Examples
うちはうち、そとはそと。
Our house, our rules.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
外
outside
5 strokesFrequency 81JLPT N4Grade 2
On
ガイゲ
Kun
そとほかはず.すはず.れると-
Nanori
ういけふか
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