Outside

"Outside" by Nao

hazu-su, hazu-reru, soto, gai

The simplest meaning of this character is out. Its reading is soto. You had better add the particle “ni” when you use it as an adverb meaning out. “Soto ni deru” means to go out. “Soto ni deyō” means “Let’s go out.” Gaishutsu means going out.

Out From Where?

Secret matters often go out from the mouth. To reveal or to disclose something is “kōgaisuru.”

Things you learn at a particular school are sometimes forbidden to teach those who do not study there. Such knowledge is “mongai fu shutsu.” In this word, mon means a school; fushutsu means not going out.

Amateurs humbly call themselves mongaikan, in which mongai means out of school and kan means a person.

Since the heart is the place you keep your expectations, shingai or igai means unexpectedness. Unexpected things happen “shingai nakotoni” or “igai nakotoni.” Both of these phrases mean “I didn’t expect it, though.”

The verb hazusu means to remove or to detach. The verb hazureru means to come off.

1. Draw the sweeping stroke.
2. Draw the hook. The sweeping stroke is parallel to the first stroke.
3. Draw the dot between the sweeping strokes.
4. Draw the vertical stroke.
5. Draw the dot touching the precious stroke.