外 - soto | eevy Japanese Dictionary

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Example Sentences

あるものの意味いみがわかるためには、そのものの外そとに出でて、離はなれたところからそれを経験けいけんすることができなければならない。

aru monono imiga wakaru tameniwa sonomonono sotoni dete hanareta tokorokara soreo kēken suru kotoga dekinakereba naranai.

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

いつもと変かえてたまに外そとで食事しょくじしよう。

itsumoto kaete tamani sotode shokuji shiyō.

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

うちはうち、そとはそと。

uchiwa uchi sotowa soto.

Our house, our rules.

Characters

Written Form

外 kanji, 5 strokes outside

Reading

Outdated Kana

Other Forms

外 kanji, 5 strokes outside

と hiragana, 2 strokes
to

Outdated Kana

18 Variants Available

Essential 9 items

外そとじゃない

sotojanai

The negative form

1. Not outside.; Not foreign.

★ Common

Noun

#84847

外そとだった

sotodatta

The past form

1. Was outside; Was foreign

★ Common

Noun

#20624

外そとで

sotode

て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions

1. Outside; Outdoors

★ Common

Noun

#3413

外そとの

sotono

Attributive form: modifies a following noun

1. Outside of; External to

★ Common

Noun

#2580

外そとじゃありません

sotojārimasen

The polite negative form

1. It is not outside.; It is not a matter of externals.

★ Common

Noun

#156026

外そとじゃないです

sotojanaidesu

The polite negative form

1. Not outside.; Not that.

★ Common

Noun

#261862

外そとでした

sotodeshita

The polite past form

1. Was polite.; Was outside.

★ Common

Noun

#30072

外そとです

sotodesu

The polite form

1. Outside; Is out

★ Common

Noun

#17770

外そとではありません

sotodewārimasen

The polite negative form

1. Not outside.; Not foreign.

★ Common

Noun

#77775

Common 6 items

外そとじゃなかった

sotojanakatta

The past negative form

1. Wasn't outside.; Wasn't external.

★ Common

Noun

#272348

外そとだろう

sotodarō

Expresses probability ("probably…")

1. Probably outside.; Likely outside.

★ Common

Noun

#109642

外そとじゃありませんでした

sotojārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not outside.; Was not outdoors.

★ Common

Noun

#930896

外そとじゃなかったです

sotojanakattadesu

The polite, past negative form

1. Wasn't outside.; Wasn't external.

★ Common

Noun

#569412

外そとでしょう

sotodeshō

Expresses probability in a polite manner ("probably…")

1. Probably.; Likely.

★ Common

Noun

#123021

外そとではありませんでした

sotodewārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not outside.; Was not foreign.

★ Common

Noun

#276390

Advanced 3 items

外そとだったら

sotodattara

The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If outside; If it were outside

★ Common

Noun

#104622

外そとであれば

sotodeareba

The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If outside; When outside

★ Common

Noun

#151417

外そとなら

sotonara

The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If outside; When outside

★ Common

Noun

#50868

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