余所

Japanese

Kanji in this term
余	所
よ Grade: 5	そ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
餘所 (kyūjitai) 他所 外

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よそ [yòsóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) よそ [yóꜜsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞so̞]

• (Tokyo) Note: As a rule, words that are Odaka become flat with の (の-particle deaccenting). However, the word 余所 does not become deaccented and is still pronounced as:

• よその

Noun

余(よ)所(そ) • (yoso) 

1. another place
2. a place outside one's family or group
3. an unrelated person, place, or thing

   余(よ)所(そ)にする、余(よ)所(そ)になる

   yosonisuru, yosoninaru

   to neglect, to be neglected

Derived terms

• 余(よ)所(そ)聞(ぎ)き (yosogiki, “reputation”)
• 余(よ)所(そ)事(ごと) (yosogoto, “something of other's affair”)
• 余(よ)所(そ)見(み) (yosomi, “looking away”)
• 余(よ)所(そ)目(め) (yosome, “the eyes of another or unconcerned”)
• 余(よ)所(そ)者(もの) (yosomono, “outsider”)
• 余(よ)所(そ)行(ゆ)き (yosoyuki, “going out, fine clothing, formal behavior”)
• 余(よ)所(そ)余(よ)所(そ)しい (yosoyososhii, “indifferent”)