外そと側がわ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Refers to the outer part or surface of something; contrasts with 内側 (inside). Can be used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.

Antonyms: 内側

ラベル

を

貼は

っ

て

ください

。

Please put the label on the outside of the box.

外そと側がわの窓まどから光ひかりが差さし込こんでいる。

Light is coming in through the outer window.

〈物もの〉の外そと側がわthe outside/outer side of X
箱はこの外そと側がわにラベルを貼はった。
I put a label on the outside of the box.
外そと側がわから〈動どう詞し〉to do something from the outside
このドアは外そと側がわから鍵かぎをかけることができない。
This door can't be locked from the outside.
外そと側がわに〈動どう詞し〉to face/move outward
そのドアは外そと側がわに開ひらく。
That door opens outward.
外そと側がわを〈動どう詞し〉to go around/along the outside
公こう園えんの外そと側がわを一いっ周しゅうした。
I went once around the outside of the park.

外そとN5
外 is the general word for 'outside/outdoors', whereas 外側 specifically points to the outer surface or side of a particular object.
外がい部ぶN2
外側 is concrete, meaning the physical outer surface of something, while 外部 can also refer abstractly to being outside a group or system.
表おもてN4
外側 focuses narrowly on the outer side of something, while 表 as 'exterior' carries the same idea but also covers front/back contrast.

内うち側がわN3
inside; interior; inner part
中なか身みN2
外側 is the outside surface or exterior of something, contrasting with 中身, which is what is inside it.

Compound of 外 (そと, 'outside') + 側 (がわ, 'side'). The reading がいそく is a less common Sino-Japanese reading of the same kanji.

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そとがわUsage1%

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