を除いてexcept for; excluding
You name the one thing left out, and the rest of the sentence is true of everything else: "except for", "excluding". It is the careful, official way to say it; the everyday word is 以外.
The counter is open on weekdays, excluding public holidays.
No changes are allowed after you apply, except in an emergency.
How to form it
Noun + を除いて／を除き
を除き is the shorter form of rules and notices. Before a noun it is を除く: 日曜日を除く毎日, every day except Sunday.
- Before it
- The exception: a day, a person, a place, a case. 一部を除き is "with some exceptions".
- After it
- What is true of all the rest, often with 全員, すべて or 毎日.
- Where you'll meet it
- Notices, schedules, rules, reports, the news, and the small print: 一部地域を除く, "excluding some areas".
In use
Everyone on the research team except Ms. Sato attended the meeting.
Within Japan, delivery takes about two days, except to Hokkaido.
Apart from this one case, there have been no serious accidents this year.
を除いて or 以外?
They mean the same. 以外 is the one people say, and it goes straight on the noun.
We are open every day except Sunday.
The shop's website.
It's open every day but Sunday.
You, telling a friend.
を除けば: apart from
With ば it turns up in everyday talk too, mostly to set aside the one flaw in something good.
Apart from the price, there's nothing wrong with the room.
Close neighbours
以外N4
The everyday word. With も it can also mean "besides", which を除いて never does.
Three people came besides Tanaka.
抜きでN2
Something is left out on purpose: no meat, no boss. A price before tax is 税抜き or 税別.
You can order this curry without meat.
Check yourself
1What does this mean?
この
Choose an answer to see why.
2What does this say about the apartment?
駅から
Choose an answer to see why.
More sentences
Except on August 13, the counter is open as usual through summer vacation.
Each committee member, apart from the chair, has one vote.
Apart from age, no factors affecting the results were identified.
Apart from the weather, we can see nothing likely to delay the work.