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外 そと N5

  1. exterior; outside
  2. the open (air)
  3. other place; outside one's group (family, company, etc.); somewhere else

外 がい

  1. beyond ...; not included in ...; outside ...

外国 がいこく N5

  1. foreign country

外国人 がいこくじん N5

  1. alien; foreign citizen; foreign national; foreigner; non-Japanese

外す はずす N3

  1. to detach; to remove; to take off; to undo; to unfasten
  2. to drop (e.g. from a team); to exclude; to expel; to remove (from a position)
  3. to go away from; to leave (e.g. one's seat); to slip away; to step out
  4. to avoid (e.g. peak season); to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep
  5. to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.)

外交 がいこう N3

  1. diplomacy
  2. canvassing; selling (e.g. door-to-door)

外出 がいしゅつ N3

  1. going out; leaving (one's home, office, etc.); outing

外れる はずれる N2

  1. to be disconnected; to be off; to be out (e.g. of gear); to get out of place
  2. to draw a blank (e.g. lottery); to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to miss the mark
  3. to be excluded; to be removed
  4. to be contrary to; to go against

外科 げか N2

  1. surgery (branch of medicine)
  2. department of surgery

外部 がいぶ N2

  1. exterior; outside (e.g. of a building)
  2. outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
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