他(P);外 [ほか] /(n) (1) another place/some other place/somewhere else/outside/(n,adj-no) (2) another (person or thing)/other/different/something else/someone else/the rest/et al./(n,adj-no) (3) (esp. 外) (See 思いのほか) (uk) beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.)/outside/(n) (4) (with neg. sentence; as ...ほかに...ない, ...するほかない, etc.) except/but/other than/apart from/(n,adv) (5) (as ...のほか（に）, ...するほか（に）etc.) besides/in addition to/as well as/on top of/(P)/EntL1203260/