Word Meaning 蚊帳の外

かやのそと kaya no soto

蚊帳の外 is read as かやのそと (kaya no soto) and means being excluded.

Meaning

English

being excluded
being ignored
being kept in the dark (about)
being kept out of the loop
outside the mosquito net

Reading

Kana

かやのそと

Romaji

kaya no soto

Writing Variants

かやの外 かやのそと kayanosoto

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 137566 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

蚊帳の外に置く

かやのそとにおく

to leave in the dark

蚊帳

かや

mosquito net

蚊帳吊草

かやつりぐさ

galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria)

幌蚊帳

ほろがや

tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)

小米蚊帳吊

こごめかやつり

rice flat sedge (Cyperus iria)

蚊

か

mosquito

蚊取り線香

かとりせんこう

mosquito coil

蚊の食うほどにも思わぬ

かのくうほどにもおもわぬ

untroubled

案外

あんがい

unexpectedly

疎外

そがい

alienation

欄外

らんがい

margin

圏外

けんがい

outside (a region, area, etc.)

Example Sentences

わたしを蚊帳の外に置かないでください。

Don't leave me out in the cold, come on.