ほか
Meanings
Noun
1. another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside
Adjective (の)
Noun
2. another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al.
3. beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
esp. 外
Noun
4. except; but; other than; apart from
with neg. sentence; as ...ほかに...ない, ...するほかない, etc.
Adverb
Noun
5. besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of
as ...のほか(に), ...するほか(に)etc.
Pitch accent
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Top 1900
Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
else; in addition; besides
unexpectedly; surprisingly
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
Examples (152 in total)
Can I ask another question?
Everything else is fine.
The other children laughed.
Is there another exit?
Please give me a different pillow.
Can anybody else answer?
Absolutely do not tell anyone else.
The other boys smiled.
Where are all the others?
Can you speak another language?
Is there any other way?
Are there any other suggestions?
Don't tell the others, OK?
I need to try something else.
May I recommend another hotel?
Do you want to go somewhere else?
Time is more precious than anything else.
He is better than anyone else.
Live and let live.
Is there life on other planets?
Friendship is more precious than anything else.
I have a headache but no other symptoms.
Was this somebody else's idea?
Everyone except Tom was present.
Don't blame another for his faults.
Is there intelligent life on other planets?
Good health is more valuable than anything else.
The others will arrive in a few minutes.
I don't know. Please ask someone else.
Was anybody else there?
I'm sorry, I'm doing something else now.
Do you have any friends living in other countries?
I have other plans today.
Kate's voice is clearly different from the other girls'.
The guys are sleeping like dogs.
He often helps others.
I love you more than anything.
He is far in advance of the other students.
She likes music better than anything else.
Are your opinions representative of those of the other students?
Do you care what other people think?
In other areas of the city, fighting continued.
These flowers bloom earlier than the others do.
Nothing is more valuable than health.
Nothing was to be heard except the sound of the waves.
He eats nothing else but fruit.
Most of the other students wore trendy clothes.
80% of all English words come from other languages.
It is good for us to understand other cultures.
I'd like to try on shoes other than those.
Jack is a lot wiser than anybody else.
He is imitative of other artists.
We are all foreigners in other countries.
The others paid no attention to her warning.
He should be given preference over the others.
I am indifferent to others' opinions.
She is popular with other girls.
Mary isn't like other girls her age.
Have you ever kissed another guy?
There were no other elephants in the area.
Why is February shorter than the other months?
Okinawa is different from Japan culturally.
You should not speak ill of others.
My head is full of other things right now.
There's a traffic jam ahead. Let's take an alternate route.
The cancer has begun to spread to other organs.
But other things would need to be taken into account as well.
In later years, other high-end models were produced.
They say that foxes are more cunning than any other animals.
I'd rather give up than have you taken by another woman.
Please have someone else do it.
The same may be said of other people.
You'll have to ask someone else.
All the other boys laughed at me.
We saw another ship far ahead.
I met some other people in addition.
Some of us went by bus, and the others by bicycle.
Step forward and make room for others.
I saw him with another woman.
Taro is taller than any other boy in his class.
John is a far better singer than the others.
She was jealous when he talked to another girl.
Japan should be kind to other countries.
Some of the students were from Asia and the others were from Europe.
Kate is smarter than any other student in our class.
Some passengers were injured, but the others were safe.
We glutted ourselves with lobsters and other seafood.
You found me where no one else was looking.
Let's wait here until everybody else goes home.
I love him more than any of the other boys.
Tokyo is larger than any other city in Japan.
Are there other universes outside our own?
She ran very fast to catch up with the other members.
I was moved by her love for other people.
She calculates faster than any other student.
You have as much right as everyone else.
This letter is personal, and I don't want anyone else to read it.
It is said that the fox is more cunning than any other animal.
I'm afraid I can't help you. You must ask someone else.
This isn't my umbrella. It's someone else's.
He worked as hard as anybody else.
No nation can exist completely isolated from others.
I think everybody should learn another language.
Women had little choice in the past.
He is richer than anyone else in this town.
Since we can expect no help from others, let's try to do our best.
The scolding I gave to the other children doesn't apply to you.
She likes Hiroshima better than any other city.
You must share your work with others.
The skyscraper rose above the other buildings around.
Can I help translate the website into other languages?
American films are more popular than those of any other country.
The Shinano is longer than any other river in Japan.
Americans eat lots of wheat, rye and other grains.
I wish I had gone with the others to the game yesterday.
She differs from the others in that she has a goal.
I want to deal with this letter before I do anything else.
I have to study hard to keep up with the other students.
The other boys teased him when he got his hair cut.
Human beings differ from other animals in that they have reason.
I started last in the race, but I soon caught up with the others.
Cows are more useful than any other animal in this country.
He comes to school earlier than any other student in the class.
Tokyo has a larger population than any other city in Japan.
Small children often like books about dragons and other monsters.
Ms. Takada accused the boy of copying another student's homework.
The pain caused by love is much sweeter than any pleasure.
Besides lending books, libraries offer various other services.
She ran as fast as she could to catch up with the others.
I wanted to play golf, but everybody else wanted to go swimming.
Can you share food with others in the face of famine?
Some of the students played tennis, and the others played volleyball.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
The small country is making great efforts to keep up with other developing countries.
She would rather listen to others than talk herself.
He's got more books than all the others put together.
Nature provides other forms of protection against environmental dangers.
In America elderly people are not given the same degree of respect they receive in many other countries.
English is spoken by more people than any other language.
"Was there any homework for tomorrow again?" "Sorry, I don't know. Ask someone else."
We shouldn't let other people know what we did.
The population of London is much greater than that of any other British city.
In the beginning, man was almost the same as the other animals.
Blend butter and flour before adding the other ingredients of the cake.
He was so intent on money-making that he had no time to think of anything else.
Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.
It is fun to know that the beauty of Japanese gardens can't be found in other cultures.
Japan consists of four main islands and many other smaller islands.
Mandarin is spoken by more people than any other language.
He ruled for five years. In the sixth year, another king, who was stronger than he, waged war against him.
The actor really played cowboy roles better than any other actor.
Unlike his other writings, this book was not for scientists.