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以外

いがい

except for

Mnemonic

Every day on the bike, rain or no rain. Everybody in the office except いがい that guy がい, who has a car: いがい.

Worth knowing

Same 以 as 以上 いじょう. 以上 counts from a point upward; 以外 cuts one thing out and keeps the rest. Same reading as 意外 いがい, unexpected, which is a different word entirely.

Built from

by means of, from
A person with a mark set beside them, 'starting from here', used to fix a boundary.
outside
夕 evening + 卜 divining stick

Also read いがい

unexpected, unforeseen

Words sharing these kanji

... or more, beyond before, ago since outside to remove to come undone, to be removed

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