外 soto
soto
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。
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.
Noun
2. the open (air)
いつもと変 えてたまに外 で食事 しよう。
itsumoto kaete tamani sotode shokuji shiyō.
Let's occasionally change where we go to eat out.
Noun
3. other place; somewhere else; outside one's group (family, company, etc.)
Antonym of うち
うちはうち、そとはそと。
uchiwa uchi sotowa soto.
Our house, our rules.
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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。
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 えてたまに外 で食事 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.
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sotojārimasen
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1. It is not outside.; It is not a matter of externals.
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sotojārimasendeshita
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1. Was not outside.; Was not outdoors.
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sotodewārimasendeshita
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1. Was not outside.; Was not foreign.
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