お出でかけ

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

about to go out; just leaving

Polite noun often used in the greeting お出かけですか？ (Are you going out?). Describes the state of being on the verge of departure.

お出でかけですかAre you going out? (polite greeting)
あ、お出でかけですか。いいお天てん気きですね。
Oh, are you heading out? Nice weather, isn't it?
お出でかけの準じゅん備びをするto get ready to go out
子こ供どもたちはお出でかけの準じゅん備びをしています。
The kids are getting ready to go out.
〈人ひと〉とお出でかけするto go out (on an outing) with someone
今日きょうは家か族ぞくとお出でかけする予よ定ていです。
We're planning to go out with the family today.
お出でかけ前まえに〈動どう詞し〉to do something before going out
お出でかけ前まえに忘わすれ物ものがないか確かく認にんしてください。
Please check that you haven't forgotten anything before you go out.

外がい出しゅつN2sense 2
外出 is a formal, often written or official term for going out, while お出かけ is a softer, everyday word used in conversation and greetings.
出で掛がけ
出掛け refers narrowly to the exact moment of leaving (出掛けに...), while お出かけ is the softer, more general word people use for 'going out' or an outing as a whole.

帰かえりN4sense 2
帰り means the trip back or return, contrasting with お出かけ which refers to leaving or going out.
お帰かえりN2
お出かけ is the honorific noun for someone going out, the direct opposite of お帰り, the honorific noun for someone coming back.

出で掛かけるplainN5sense 1
出かける is the plain verb 'to go out', while お出かけ is its polite nominal form used in greetings and casual talk like お出かけですか？

出で掛がけ sense 1
出掛け refers to the exact moment of departure ('just as one is leaving'), whereas お出かけ more broadly means 'going out' or 'an outing' and is used in polite speech.

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Polite noun form of the verb 出かける (to go out), with the honorific prefix お added.