Advanced Word of the Day – 以外 [with the exception of; excepting]

以外いがい

adverb/noun | いがい

MEANING: with the exception of; excepting

EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

彼女かのじょ以外いがいは誰だれも欠席けっせきしなかった。

No one was absent except her.

NOTES:
以い　【イ・もって】 by means of; because; in view of; compared with; 外がい　【ガイ・ゲ・そと・ほか・はずす・はずれる・と~】 outside

VOCABULARY:
彼女かのじょ she; her
以外いがい other than; except for (her)
誰だれも no one
欠席けっせき absence
しなかった wasn’t

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