Usage patterns 他た の 〈 物もの 〉 another/other 〈thing〉
Let's hear some other opinions too.
〈 人ひと 〉 他たすう 〈 数にん 〉 名 X and N other people (used in formal lists of names)
Mr. Tanaka and five others took part in this project.
他た に 〈 事こと 〉 はない there is nothing else (in particular)
There's nothing else I have to say.
Expressions· 9 その 他た 大おお 勢ぜい and many others; the rest; extras (in a film) 他た 意い はない no offense intended; I don't mean anything by it その 他た 諸もろ 々もろ and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth Show 3 more Show fewer See all 9 in Explore →
Kanji 他 other, another, the others Related words 他 read た is the more formal/written way to say 'other,' while the same kanji read ほか is the everyday, spoken word for 'other' or 'besides.'
他 just points to something other than the one at hand, while 別 stresses that the thing is distinctly separate or different.
他者 specifically means 'another person,' whereas 他 is broader and can refer to other things, methods, or matters as well as people.
Word family· 89 another person; other people; others · unrelated person; non-relative · outsider; stranger
another company; other companies
another person; others
foreign country; another country · another province · strange land; alien land
the other (of two); one (of two); the other side/direction/party · on the other hand
Show 25 more Show fewer death; the next world · pass away; die
exclusion
another school; other schools
altruism; selflessness
murder; homicide
altruism
other intention; ulterior motive; hidden purpose
another family; another house
the other three players; opponents (in mahjong)
outside help; help from others · salvation by faith; reliance on Amida Buddha
another newspaper; different newspaper
telling others; divulging a secret; revealing
recommendation by others; nomination by someone else
another bank; other bank · going out; absence from home
other prefectures
transitive verb
extremely large number; vast multitude · 10^60; 10^72
another magazine; different journal
another place; somewhere else; elsewhere · moving (to another place)
oneself and others; self and other · subject and object · transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs · first person and third person · self-salvation and salvation by faith
seclusion hut for menstruation or childbirth · menstruation; period
other side; another aspect; different angle · on the other hand
other matters; other people's affairs
another child; other children
other political parties
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Etymology The reading た is the Sino-Japanese reading of the kanji 他 . The spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'other'; no more specific historical derivation is asserted here.
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