がい
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. with the exception of; excepting; excluding
Kanji used
by means of
outside
Pitch accent
がい
Top 400
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
No Unauthorized Persons; No Unauthorized Entry; Authorized Personnel Only
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
Examples (70 in total)
Beyond this I know nothing.
I can't see anything but water.
Everybody is busy except me.
Everyone except me was invited.
They had no choice but to leave.
Everyone was drunk, except for me.
There's nothing in the refrigerator except milk.
No one came except Mary.
No one was absent except her.
I know nothing but this.
There was no one there besides me.
Everyone is here except for him.
No one's perfect, except me.
Everyone but Mike was at the party.
Do you wear a suit outside of work?
He works every day except Sunday.
Everybody except Joe went to the party.
It's nothing short of a miracle.
All but one of the people were rescued.
Nothing could be done, except wait.
Did anybody other than Jim see her?
As far as the eye can reach, nothing is to be seen but sand.
Is there life on other worlds?
I can eat anything but onions.
He had no other resource but to run away.
We should have some interests outside our job.
As far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but a field of wheat.
I'll do anything but that job.
I take a walk every day except when it rains.
I go to the office by bicycle except on rainy days.
I had no choice but to take the plane.
All the members of our club, excluding me, are men.
I have never had any enemies other than those of the state.
This is a good report, except for this mistake.
I like all kinds of movies except horror.
No one came to the party except John and Dick.
He knows no foreign language except English.
Nuclear weapons will bring about nothing but the ruin of mankind.
As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but sand.
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.
Your composition was good except for the spelling.
He had no clothes other than what he was wearing.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
He will do anything but murder.
I'm surprised no one else heard the gunshots.
She accepts criticism from anyone but her parents.
We work every day except Sunday.
I had no choice but to read it out to them.
He goes to work on foot every day except on rainy days.
There is no way of reaching the island other than by boat.
Mary likes all vegetables except cabbage.
We have five classes every day except Saturday.
His lecture on chemistry was nothing but torture.
I know nothing about her except that she is a pianist.
We know nothing except that he did not come home that day.
I doubt if anyone even remembers his name now, except for me.
The little girl never smiles at anyone other than Emily.
I had pizza for lunch, so make dinner something other than pizza.
It's unlikely anybody other than Tom would be interested in buying this.
If it's origami, you can leave it to me! I can't do anything other than that, though...
We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
We often express our emotions nonverbally.
This book is for students whose native language is not Japanese.
I know nothing about him beyond what you told me.
All will go except you.
As far as the eye could see, nothing could be seen except cornfields.
Nobody but you can make me happy.
I usually get up at seven and go to bed at eleven except on Sundays.
That's nonsense. Nobody but a fool would believe it.
Tom told me that he could come on any day but Tuesday.