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

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

よその
Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent not deaccented before の (Tōkyō)

Noun

余(よ)所(そ) • (yoso)

another place
a place outside one's family or group
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”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN