Illustration: At a ground-floor apartment, a cat stands on the narrow outdoor ledge and presses its nose against the outer face of a closed sliding glass door. Indoors, its owner kneels on the wooden floor with a cleaning cloth, smiling at the new nose mark appearing beyond reach.

JLPT N3no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

外そと側がわ

sotogawa

outside, outer side

Example sentences

このカバンは外側そとがわにポケットがあります。
The bag has pockets on the outside.
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そのお城しろの外側そとがわは白しろく塗ぬられていた。
The outside of the castle was painted white.
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壁かべは内側うちがわが白しろくて外側そとがわは緑みどりである。
The wall is white within and green without.
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Kanji in 外側

外outsideOnガイ・ゲKunそと・ほか・はずす
側side; leanOnソクKunかわ・がわ・そば

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