Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 外


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Meaning

outside, other, undo

Pronunciation

GAI, GE
soto, hoka, hazusu

Explanation

Left: evening (= crescent moon) right: forking/parting of the ways

Mnemonic

If you are (alone) in the evening at a fork in the road, you are an outsider.

Radicals

evening(Variante of moon , that is not fully risen, because it is still evening.)
fortune telling(This radical bukunoto is also used in the radical .)
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Vocabulary

以外 いがい with the exception of, excepting
外国人 がいこく人 foreigner
そと outside, other place, the rest
ほか other place, the rest
外す はずす to unfasten, to remove
外れる はずれる to be disconnected, to get out of place, to be off, to be out (e.g. of gear)
外科 げか surgical department
例外 れいがい exception
外貌 がいぼう outward appearance

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