外す

• 読み: はずす
• ローマ字: hazusu
• 漢字の分解: 外 (hazusu/gai/soto) — outside, remove, external
• 発音: /ha.zɯ.sɯ/

意味

To remove; to unfasten; to take off. Also means to miss a target or to leave one's seat.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb conjugated with the す row. The transitive pair of 外れる (to come off). Used for removing accessories (眼鏡を外す, remove glasses), missing a target (的を外す), leaving one's seat (席を外す), and excluding someone from a group. 席を外す is a polite way to say someone is away from their desk in business contexts.

例文

1. 暑いのでマスクを外した。
2. シュートが的を外して壁に当たった。
3. 田中さんは今席を外しております。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, business, sports

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 外 means outside or external. With す ending, it means to put something outside or detach it from its place.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal