そっちのけ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
其方退け
そっち退け

Alternative forms

Etymology

そっち (sotchi) + のける (nokeru)

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 hiragana.

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