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疎外 (そがい, sogai) Japanese meaning: alienation | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 疎外する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 疎そ 外がい する 疎そ 外がい しない Polite 疎そ 外がい します 疎そ 外がい しません Past polite 疎そ 外がい しました 疎そ 外がい しませんでした Past 疎そ 外がい した 疎そ 外がい しなかった Te-form 疎そ 外がい して 疎そ 外がい しないで Desire 疎そ 外がい したい 疎そ 外がい したくない Potential 疎そ 外がい できる 疎そ 外がい できない Passive 疎そ 外がい される 疎そ 外がい されない Causative 疎そ 外がい させる 疎そ 外がい させない Causative passive 疎そ 外がい させられる 疎そ 外がい させられない Volitional 疎そ 外がい しよう Polite volitional 疎そ 外がい しましょう Imperative 疎そ 外がい しろ 疎そ 外がい するな Conditional 疎そ 外がい すれば 疎そ 外がい しなければ Tara conditional 疎そ 外がい したら 疎そ 外がい しなかったら
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He feels alienated from his peers.
The new rules ended up alienating some employees.
As the only foreigner in the group, she experienced a sense of exclusion.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 疎そ 外がい する to alienate/exclude someone
He is always excluded from the class.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 疎そ 外がい 感かん を 与あた える to make someone feel alienated
The boss's attitude made his subordinate feel alienated.
〈 人ひと 〉 から 疎そ 外がい される to be excluded/alienated by someone
The new employee felt alienated by his coworkers.
Expressions 内ない 疎そ 外がい 親しん superficially cordial but actually uninterested Kanji 疎 alienate, rough, neglect 疏 pass through, note, commentary Related words· 6 孤立 describes the resulting state of being alone or cut off, while 疎外 focuses on the act or feeling of being pushed away by others.
排斥 implies active, often collective rejection or expulsion (e.g. in politics), whereas 疎外 can be subtler and more psychological.
排除 means to actively remove or eliminate someone/something, while 疎外 often describes a more gradual or passive process of alienation.
除外 is a neutral, procedural term for excluding something from a category or list, while 疎外 carries emotional weight about being shut out socially.
Show 2 more 疎遠 describes a relationship becoming distant over time, while 疎外 emphasizes being actively excluded or given the cold shoulder.
疎外 is a more formal, abstract term for alienation or being pushed away, while 仲間外れ is the everyday word for being left out of a peer group.
Don't confuse with 阻害 (also read そがい) means to hinder or impede a process, while 疎外 means to alienate or exclude a person; they sound identical but differ completely in meaning.
疎開 (relocation of people away from danger) and 疎外 (alienation or exclusion of someone) share the kanji 疎 but describe unrelated concepts.
Written forms 疎そ 外がい Usage 100%
Standard kanji form; high priority.
疏そ 外がい
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Compound of 疎 (so, 'distant, alienate') and 外 (gai, 'outside, exclude'). The spelling 疏外 is a variant using the older form of the first character.
