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余所

よそ

somewhere else, another place; somebody else's (house, family)

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Examples

  1. ここの人たちは余所から来た人を警戒する。

    ここのひとたちはよそからきたひとをけいかいする。

    People here are wary of anyone who comes from elsewhere.

  2. 余所の家のことは気にしなくていい。

    よそのいえのことはきにしなくていい。

    You don't need to worry about what other families do.

  3. この店になければ、余所で探すしかない。

    このみせになければ、よそでさがすしかない。

    If they don't have it in this shop, we'll have to look elsewhere.

Common patterns

よそから来る
to come from elsewhere
よその家
someone else's house
よそ見をする
to look away, to let one's eyes wander

Memory tip

Nearly always written in kana as よそ. It marks the outside of your own circle — よその人 is an outsider, not a foreigner — and よそ見 (letting your eyes drift elsewhere) is the phrase you will hear most, often as a warning to a driver.

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