他
Meanings
Noun
1. another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside
Noun
No-adjective
2. another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al.
3. beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside (Usually kana, 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.)
Noun
Adverb
5. besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of (as ...のほか（に）, ...するほか（に）etc.)
Other spellings
外ほか
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
ほか
Used in vocabulary
Examples454
地球
The earth is different from the other planets in that it has water.
彼女
She plays piano as well as the guitar.
彼
He decided to seek information elsewhere.
日本
No other lake in Japan is as large as Lake Biwa.
本
Besides lending books, libraries offer various other services.
ここ
There's no one but me here.