かや
蚊帳
　
の
そと
外
　
に
お
置
　
く

expression, Godan verb

Idiomatic expression. Usu. in the passive.
  1. to leave in the dark, to leave out in the cold, to keep out of the loop, to leave outside the mosquito net.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かや
蚊帳
　
の
そと
外
　
に
お
置
　
く
 蚊帳の外に置く かやのそとにおく
　
か
　
や
　
の
そと
外
　
に
お
置
　
く
 かやの外に置く かやのそとにおく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mosquito
か　ブン (9th, N1)
insect, bug, temper
むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
sentence, literature, style
ブン　モン　も (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
notebook, account book, album
チョウ　とばり (3rd, N1)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン　フク　おお.い (11th)
long, leader, superior
チョウ　なが.い　おさ (2nd, N5)
left hand
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
outside
ガイ　そと　はず.す (2nd, N5)
evening
ゆう　セキ　ゆ (1st, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
placement, put, set
お.く　チ　おき (4th, N3)
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ　ボウ　あみがしら
straightaway, honesty, frankness
なお.す　なお　チョク (2nd, N3)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
fishhook radical(乙) variant