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► 副助詞
  [(2)ほか]    meaning:  other than  rank: 2
☆ もうめる外どうしようもないだろう ⇨ There’s nothing we can do other than giving up

► 名詞
  [(1)そと]    meaning:  outside  rank: 1
☆ 今日一日中外になかった ⇨ I didn’t go outside all day today
☆ 外はい ⇨ Outside is cold
☆ 情報が外にれたいがある ⇨ There is a suspicion that the information has leaked outside

  [(2)ほか]    meaning:  outside  rank: 3
☆ いの外簡単だった ⇨ It was easier than I’d thought

► 接尾辞
  [がい]    meaning:  outside  rank: 1
☆ それは予想外の結果だ ⇨ That’s is an outside-prediction, unexpected, result
☆ それは問題外だ ⇨ That’s out of question
☆ それはの専門外です ⇨ That’s out of my specialty, expertise
☆ 時間外受付 ⇨ Out-of-hour, after-hour, reception


More examples:
  • は外見だけはい ⇨ He’s nice only on the surface
  • 伝染病のために皆外出をえている ⇨ Everybody is refraining from going out because of an epidemic
  • それは例外中の例外だ ⇨ That’s an exception among exceptions
  • どうやってもから外せない ⇨ I can’t remove, uninstall, the window from the frame no matter how I try
  • は郊外に新居えた ⇨ He built a new house in the suburb
  • 相手土俵の外にした ⇨ He pushed the opponent out of the sumo ring
  • 外からは様子からない ⇨ From outside we cannot tell the situation inside, cannot see what is going on inside
  • くじに外れて残念がっている ⇨ He is disappointed that he didn’t win a lottery
  • 済みません、ちょっと外してえませんか? ⇨ I’m sorry, but could you leave us for a minute?
  • それは責任の範囲外だ ⇨ That is outside the scope of my responsibilities
  • 予想外の幸運私達小躍りした ⇨ We did a little dance, jumped for joy, for the unexpected lucky break
  • が外でにゃーにゃー言っている ⇨ A cat is meowing outside
  • 彼等は外国製品国内市場から排除しようとしている ⇨ They’re trying to exclude foreign products from the domestic market
  • 外れをいた ⇨ I drew a losing ticket
  • 修理代は意外とかった ⇨ The repair cost was unexpectedly low