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Illustration of 余所

余所よそ

よそ yoso Play N2 Noun

Meanings and examples

自分のいる場所とは別の場所や、他人の家。 another place; somewhere else; strange parts

Example 1

ここの人たちはよそから来た人をみな嫌う。

These people hate all foreigners.

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Example 2

私の兄は、未婚なので、所帯を持たず、奉公人と一緒によその家で食事をしていた。

My brother, being yet unmarried, did not keep house, but boarded with his apprentices at the home of another family.

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Kanji breakdown

余

N3

too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder

On reading
ヨ
Kun reading
あま.る、あま.り、あま.す、あんま.り
Radical
人

所

N3

place; extent

On reading
ショ
Kun reading
ところ、-ところ、どころ、とこ
Radical
戶
Illustration of 余所見

余所見

N1

よそみ

looking away; looking aside

Illustration of 余る

余る

N2

あまる

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

Illustration of 余計

余計

N2

よけい

too much; unnecessary; abundance; surplus; excess; superfluity

Illustration of 便所

便所

N2

べんじょ

toilet; lavatory; rest room; latrine; comfort station

Illustration of 個所

個所

N2

かしょ

passage; place; point; part