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Japanese word 外: outside / outdoors. Meanings and example sentences.

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外 (そと): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

外 (そと) means outside / outdoors.

See example sentences below.

外 at a glance

外

そとsoto

N5noun

outside / outdoors

外そとsotoN5Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 外

Core meaning

outside / outdoors

Basic example sentences

Example 1

そとはあめがふっています。

Translation

It is raining outside.

Example 2

そとであそびましょう。

Translation

Let's play outside.

Kanji 外: outside

Kanji 外: outside

Kanji 外: meanings, readings, and example words.

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