Grammar Info
N1 Lesson 8: 17/19

を余所(よそ)に
ignoring, disregarding, despite

Structure
Noun + よそに
Phrase + + よそに
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使用域 硬い
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  • (A) をよそに (B) is used when someone ignores (A) - advices, objections, expectations, worries of others, and does (B). Often, but not always used for criticism, though it might also express a sense of admiration. In (A), phrases like 心配、不安、反対(の声), 忠告、期待、非難 are often used. 余所(よそ) means “another (unrelated) place” so をよそに lit. means “(to treat) as somewhere unrelated” - “as unrelated matter”. Has the feeling of a written expression.
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母(はは)心配(しんぱい)をよそに彼(かれ)は商船(しょうせん)の船員(せんいん)になった。
Ignoring his mother's worries, he has become a merchant seaman.
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メアリーと武(たけし)は親(おや)の反対(はんたい)をよそに一緒(いっしょ)になった。
Ignoring objections from their parents, Mary and Takeshi got together.
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私(わたし)たちその衝撃的(しょうげきてき)な言葉(ことば)意味(いみ)まだ飲(の)み込(こ)めてないのをよそに彼女(かのじょ)説明(せつめい)を続(つづ)けた。
Ignoring that we still haven’t digested the meaning of her shocking remark, she continued the explanation.
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