出で掛がけ

also: でかけ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

on the point of going out; about to leave

Used with に to indicate the moment just before departure. Often appears in phrases like 出掛けに.

出で掛がけに〈事こと〉が起おこるfor something to happen just as one is about to leave
出で掛がけに雨あめが降ふり出だした。
It started raining just as I was about to leave.
出で掛がけに〈場ば所しょ〉に立たち寄よるto stop by a place while on the way out or shortly after leaving
出で掛がけにコンビニに立たち寄よった。
I stopped by a convenience store on my way out.
出で掛がけに〈物もの〉を忘わすれるto forget something on one's way out
出で掛がけに携けい帯たいを忘わすれてしまった。
I forgot my phone on my way out.
出で掛がけの支し度たくをするto get ready to go out
出で掛がけの支し度たくをしているところです。
I'm in the middle of getting ready to go out.

お出でかけN4sense 1
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.
外がい出しゅつN2sense 1
外出 is a formal, neutral noun for 'going out (of the house)' used in writing and reports, whereas 出掛け specifically marks the instant right before or after departure.

帰かえり際ぎわ sense 1
出掛け marks the moment of setting out, while 帰り際 marks the corresponding moment of returning or leaving to go home.

お出でかけN4
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.

出掛けUsage2%
- でがけ
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading でがけ is most common.
- でかけ
出でがけUsage98%
Alternate spelling with okurigana がけ instead of 掛け.
出掛
irregular okurigana
- でかけ
  Irregular okurigana usage; reading でかけ is less common.
- でがけ
でかけ

Compound of 出 (de, 'going out') + 掛け (kake, continuative form of 掛ける, 'to be about to'). Literally 'about to go out'.