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外

そと

outside

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Examples

  1. 外は寒いです。

    そとはさむいです。

    It is cold outside.

  2. 子供が外で遊んでいます。

    こどもがそとであそんでいます。

    The children are playing outside.

  3. ご飯を食べて、外に出ましょう。

    ごはんをたべて、そとにでましょう。

    Let's eat and then go outside.

Common patterns

外に出る
to go outside
外で遊ぶ
to play outside
家の外
outside the house

Memory tip

Alone it is そと (outdoors); in compounds it is がい, as in 外国 (foreign country).

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