そっちのけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
其方退け そっち退け

Alternative forms

• そちのけ (sochinoke)

Etymology

そっち (sotchi) + のける (nokeru)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そっちのけ [sòtchínóké] (Heiban – [0])
• 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.