よそ・余所・他所・外yoso[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. no-adjectiveanother place; somewhere else; strange parts
   ここの人ひとたちはよそから来きた人ひとをみな嫌きらう。↗

   These people hate all foreigners.
2. no-adjectiveoutside (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.

• Related外部がいぶNeutralThe outside or the outside world, as in 「外部の人」; leans formal. 「余所」 mostly means another place or someone else's home.
• Related外様とざまWrittenWritten term for an outsider to the inner circle; historically a lord who was neither Tokugawa kin nor a hereditary vassal, now often used in organizations, as in 「外様社員」.
• RelatedアウトサイドNeutralLoanword for the outside or an outside corner; mostly heard in sports.
• AntonymうちNeutralInside or one's own home; the opposite of the 'outside' sense of 「余所」.
• Antonym中なかNeutralSame word 「内（うち）」; colloquially also one's own home or family, as in 「うちの子」, the opposite of 「よその子」.
• Antonym内部ないぶNeutralThe interior or inside of a group; the opposite of 「外部」 and 「余所」.

Use 「余所」 for another place, someone else's home, or not caring (「よその家」「よそ見」); for the outside world in formal use pick 「外部」; the opposites are 「内（うち）」 and 「内部」.

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1. 該当がいとうの所ところとは別べつの場所ばしょ。
2. 他ほかの場所ばしょへ移うつること。