以ての外

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もっ
Grade: 4
ほか
Grade: 2

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ってのほか [mòttéꜜ nò hòkà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ってのほか [mòtté nó hóká] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t̚te̞ no̞ ho̞ka̠]

Adjective

(もっ)ての(ほか) • (mottenohoka) -na (adnominal (もっ)ての(ほか) (mottenohoka na), adverbial (もっ)ての(ほか) (mottenohoka ni))

  1. (idiomatic) outrageous
    Synonyms: 途方もない, 途轍もない

Inflection

Noun

(もっ)ての(ほか) • (mottenohoka) 

  1. (idiomatic) absurdity

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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