そっちのけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
其方退け
そっち退け

Alternative forms

Etymology

From そっち (sotchi, “that one”) + 退(の)け (noke, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 退(の)ける (nokeru, “to move aside”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そっちのけ [sòtchínóké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞t̚t͡ɕino̞ke̞]

Noun

そっちのけ • (sotchinoke) 

  1. ignoring one thing for another
    Synonym: 放っておく
    勉(べん)強(きょう)そっちのけで遊(あそ)ぶ
    benkyō sotchinoke de asobu
    to play instead of study

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in kana.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.