そと

外

outside

soto

Quiz

JLPT: N5
Frequency: #631

Meanings

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

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In a sentence

How it works

A two-word burst with no particles — common in excited speech. 外(そと) (outside) is what to look at, and 見て(みて) (look) is the te-form of 見る(みる) (see) used on its own as a soft command, like “look!” The を (object) marking 外(そと) (outside) is simply dropped.

Written with

外outside5 strokes