外“outside” Kanjisoto / gai
JLPT N5
How to write 外
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Meaning and readings
Meaning
outside
Onyomi (音読み)
- がい gai
- げ ge
Chinese reading
Kunyomi (訓読み)
- そと soto
- ほか hoka
- はず（す） hazu(su)
Japanese reading
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Example sentences using 外
Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.
トムはシャツのボタンを外した。
Tom unbuttoned his shirt.
外し (はずし)
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