Info on the Kanji 外

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What is this? "外"

Meaning(s)

outside

Reading(s)

onyomi GAI, GE
kunyomi soto, hoka, hazu-su, hazu-reru

Other

stroke count 5
grade 2
jlpt level N5
Example words with 外
WordMeaning
そと
soto
outside of / not covered by
はずす
hazusu
to unfasten / to undo / to remove / to take off / to deinstall / to leave / to step out / to slip away / to miss
そとに
soto ni
in addition / besides
はずれ
hazure
end / verge / extremity / tip / outskirts / miss / failure
がいき
gaiki
open air
がいけん
gaiken
outward appearance
がいご
gaigo
foreign language
がいこく
gaikoku
foreign country
とやま
toyama
nearby mountain / mountain near a human settlement
がいしゃ
gaisha
foreign automobile
がいしゅつ
gaishutsu
outing / trip / going out
がいしょ
gaisho
foreign book / foreign books / non-buddhist writings
がいしょく
gaishoku
eating out
がいじん
gaijin
foreigner / gaijin / outsider
がいだい
gaidai
university of foreign studies / university specializing in foreign languages
がいでん
gaiden
foreign telegram
がいぶん
gaibun
reputation / respectability / honour / honor
がいらい
gairai
external origin / imported / outpatient
がくがい
gakugai
outside the school / extramural
こうがい
kougai
off-campus / out of school
こくがい
kokugai
outside the country
やまそと
yama soto
off-mountain school
しゃがい
shagai
outside a car
じんがい
jingai
uninhabited area / acting inhumanly / inhuman person
ちゅうがい
chuugai
home and abroad
てんがい
tengai
beyond the heavens / farthest regions / furthest regions
にちそと
nichi soto
at one time / some time ago / once
このこのそと
kono soto
besides / moreover / in addition
そのそのそと
sono soto
etc. / otherwise / besides / in addition / the rest / the others / and so forth
なるそとなる
soto naru
outer / external
れるはずれる
hazure ru
to be disconnected / to get out of place / to be off / to be out
タレそとたれ
soto tare
non-japanese celebrity / foreigner celebrity
国語がいこくご
gaikokugo
foreign language
国人がいこくじん
gaikokujin
foreigner / foreign citizen / foreign national / alien / non-japanese
出しがいしゅつし
gaishutsu shi
extravaginal ejaculation
出先がいしゅつさき
gaishutsusaki
where one has gone to / place where one has gone
出中がいしゅつちゅう
gaishutsuchuu
while being out of the office or away from home
来語がいらいご
gairaigo
borrowed word / foreign origin word
時間じかんがい
jikangai
late / overtime
しゅつはずれ
shutsu hazure
end / extremity
たいがいれ
taigai re
utter failure / gross mistake / wrong guess
ぶんはずす
bun hazusu
to mishear / to stop listening halfway through
あてあてはずれ
ate hazure
disappointment
お見おけんはずれ
o ken hazure
failing to recognize someone / underestimation
ならぬそとならぬ
soto naranu
nothing but / none other than
に何かそとになにか
soto ni nanika
is there anything else?
れるしゅつはずれる
shutsu hazure ru
to be or lie just outside of
日本国にほんこくがい
nihonkokugai
outside japan
聞きききはずす
kiki hazusu
to mishear / to stop listening halfway through
もってのもってのそと
motteno soto
absurd / unreasonable
でもないそとでもない
soto demonai
what i want to say is ... / the fact of the matter is ...
ならないそとならない
soto naranai
nothing but / none other than
国語大学がいこくごだいがく
gaikokugo daigaku
university of foreign studies / university specializing in foreign languages


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Example Sentences with 外
国語がとっても楽しいと分った。

国人って面白いなあ。

は真っ暗だ。

その会議には百五十名の交官が来ました。



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