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jmdict 1561650 Active (id: 2070018)
論外 [news1,nf24]
ろんがい [news1,nf24]
1. [adj-na,adj-no,n]
▶ out of the question
▶ outrageous
▶ impossible
2. [adj-na,n,adj-no]
▶ irrelevant
▶ not pertinent



History:
3. A 2020-05-23 06:13:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Bulk update: Adjusting POS details
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -17 +17,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
2. A 2018-05-06 10:40:59  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog
  Comments:
All the sentences are for the "out of the question" sense. Swapping order.
  Diff:
@@ -18 +18,3 @@
-<gloss>irrelevant</gloss>
+<gloss>out of the question</gloss>
+<gloss>outrageous</gloss>
+<gloss>impossible</gloss>
@@ -24 +26,2 @@
-<gloss>out of the question</gloss>
+<gloss>irrelevant</gloss>
+<gloss>not pertinent</gloss>
1. A* 2018-05-06 05:08:21  Kevin Johnson
  Refs:
https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/論外
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/237097/meaning/m1u/論外/
  Comments:
当面の議論に関係のないこと。議論の範囲外。「他の事情は論外に置く」

Used all the time to mean "irrelevant".
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18,6 @@
+<gloss>irrelevant</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>

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