Meanings

1. noun, adjectival nounanother place; somewhere else; strange parts
2. noun, adjectival nounoutside (one's family or group); someone else; other people
3. nounnot caring for; being indifferent to; taking little notice of; ignoring; neglectingas 〜をよそに, 〜をよそにして, etc.

Examples

• ここの人たちはよそから来た人をみな嫌う。

  These people hate all foreigners.

• そればかりか、会社の直営店の商品は、たいていよその店より高価だったのです。

  And not only that, the goods in the company shop were usually more expensive than elsewhere.

• 私の兄は、未婚なので、所帯を持たず、奉公人と一緒によその家で食事をしていた。

  My brother, being yet unmarried, did not keep house, but boarded with his apprentices at the home of another family.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 余所

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