余所
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 余 | 所 |
| よ Grade: 5 |
そ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 餘所 (kyūjitai) 他所 外 |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) Note: Generally, words that are Odaka become flat with の (の-particle deaccenting). However, the word 余所 does not become deaccented with の and is still pronounced as:
- よその
- Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent not deaccented before の (Tōkyō)
Noun
余所 • (yoso)
- another place; somewhere else; elsewhere
- よそでやってくれないか？
- Yoso de yatte kurenai ka?
- Can't you do this somewhere else?
- よそでやってくれないか？
- a place outside one's family or group
- an unrelated person, place, or thing
- 余所にする、余所になる
- yosonisuru, yosoninaru
- to neglect, to be neglected
- 余所にする、余所になる
Usage notes
- This term is often spelled in kana.
Derived terms
- 余所聞き (yosogiki, “reputation”)
- 余所事 (yosogoto, “something of other's affair”)
- 余所見 (yosomi, “looking away”)
- 余所目 (yosome, “the eyes of another or unconcerned”)
- 余所者 (yosomono, “outsider”)
- 余所行き (yosoyuki, “going out, fine clothing, formal behavior”)
- 余所余所しい (yosoyososhii, “indifferent”)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- “〈余所〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026