Japanese をおいて grammar wooite
Let’s learn Japanese をおいて grammar wooite :
JLPT level : N1
Formation :
Nをおいて
Meaning and how to use :
Expresses the meaning “Beside N../Other than N..”.
Examples:
世界で一番高いものはダイヤモンドをおいてほかはないと思う。
Sekai de ichiban takai mono ha daiyamondo o oi te hoka ha nai to omou.
I think, in the world, there’s no other thing more expansive than diamond.
あなたの意見に賛成する人は彼女をおいてほかにはいないでしょう。
Anata no iken ni sansei suru hito ha kanojo o oi te hoka ni ha i nai desho u.
Nobody agrees with your opinion other than her.
英語を勉強するために留学するつもりだったら、イギリスをおいて適当な国はないだろう。
Eigo o benkyou suru tame ni ryuugaku suru tsumori dattara, igirisu o oi te tekitou na kuni ha nai daro u.
If you plan to study abroad to study English, there will be no better country than UK.
コンピュータ・グラフィックスをしたかったら、このパソコンをおいていいパソコンはないだろう。
Konpyuta. gurafikkusu o shi takattara, kono pasokon o oi te ii pasokon ha nai daro u.
If you want to do computer graphics design, there’s no better computer than this one.
日本の現代文学の作家を調べたいかったら、春樹村上をおいて有名な作家がいないよ。
Nippon no gendai bungaku no sakka o shirabe ta ikattara, haruki murakami o oi te yuumei na sakka ga i nai yo.
If you want to find out about the authors of modern Japanese literature, besides Haruki Murakami there are no authors more famous.
Notes:
+) Often used to judge, describe a certain noun, indicating that nothing can be compared to that noun.
+) If used with 「何をおいても」 then the sentence means “Anyway”.
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