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    3. 門外

    門外

    門もん外がい

    outside a gate

    KMT10News #38+1NounDaily LifeKanji Vocab13 strokes

    もんがい

    Noun

    1.
    outside a gate, beyond one's area of expertise

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    門もん外がいで待まっています。

    I'm waiting outside the gate.

    KMT5Daily Life
    学がっ校こうの門もん外がいで友とも達だちと待まち合あわせをした。

    I met up with my friend outside the school gate.

    KMT9Daily LifeEducation
    この問もん題だいは私わたしの専せん門もん分ぶん野やではないので、門もん外がい漢かんです。

    This issue is not my area of expertise, so I'm an outsider.

    KMT10Work & CareerDaily Life
    その技ぎ術じゅつの詳しょう細さいは、一いっ般ぱんの者ものには門もん外がい不ふ出しゅつとされている。

    The details of that technology are considered a closely guarded secret, not to be revealed outside.

    KMT10TechnologyCulture & Traditions
    その分ぶん野やの専せん門もん家かでない私わたしには、彼かれの議ぎ論ろんは門もん外がい漢かんには理り解かいしがたいものだった。

    For me, not being an expert in that field, his argument was difficult for an outsider to understand.

    KMT10Work & CareerEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    門
    かど・と…(4)
    gate・counter for cannons
    外
    そと・ほか・はず.す・はず.れる・と-…(5)
    outside
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