メアリーと武（たけし）は親（おや）の反対（はんたい）<strong>をよそに</strong><span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='32' data-vocab-id='255'>一緒（いっしょ）に</span>なった。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='850'>私（わたし）たち</span>が<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='37' data-vocab-id='148'>その</span>衝撃的（しょうげきてき）な<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='953'>言葉（ことば）</span>の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='588'>意味（いみ）</span>を<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='72' data-vocab-id='224'>まだ</span>飲（の）み込（こ）めてないの<strong>をよそに</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='567'>彼女（かのじょ）</span>は<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='962'>説明（せつめい）</span>を続（つづ）けた。

ピーターは周（まわ）りの忠告（ちゅうこく）<strong>をよそに</strong>、MMORPG<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='83'>ゲーム</span>ばかり<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='138'>する</span>ことを存分（ぞんぶん）に楽（たの）しんだ。

幸原（ゆきはら）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='113'>さん</span>は仲間（なかま）の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='507'>学生（がくせい）</span>や<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='620'>教師（きょうし）</span>の期待（きたい）<strong>をよそに</strong>、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='506'>学校（がっこう）</span>を中退（ちゅうたい）し、気（き）の向（む）くままに旅（たび）に出（で）た。

地域（ちいき）住民（じゅうみん）の反対（はんたい）の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='451'>声（こえ）</span><strong>をよそに</strong>、自治体（じちたい）が空港（くうこう）建設（けんせつ）の計画（けいかく）を進（すす）めている。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='732'>母（はは）</span>の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='576'>心配（しんぱい）</span><strong>をよそに</strong>、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='564'>彼（かれ）</span>は商船（しょうせん）の船員（せんいん）になった。

<div class='writeup-body'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='884'>を余所（よそ）に</span> is used to express that (A) is something that effectively has nothing to do with the speaker, or that the speaker is ignoring it in relation to something else. It may be translated as 'ignoring (A)', or 'disregarding (A)'. It is a combination of the <span class='info-highlight' data-term='副助詞・ふくじょし'>adverbial particle</span> を, the noun 余所（よそ） 'other place', and the case-marking particle に. Due to this, its literal meaning is close to 'putting (A) completely aside, (B)'.<br>
This structure will follow nouns, or phrases that have been nominalized with の. It is reasonably formal, so will be seen more often in writing.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'>
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彼（かれ）は親（おや）の心配（しんぱい）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='884'>をよそに</span>、毎晩（まいばん）夜（よる）遅（おそ）くまで友達（ともだち）たちと遊（あそ）んでいる。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
Ignoring his parent's worries, he hangs out with his friends every night until late at night.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>


社長（しゃちょう）は社員（しゃいん）の反対（はんたい）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='884'>をよそに</span>、仕事（しごと）の効率（こうりつ）を上（あ）げるために休憩所（きゅうけいじょ）を撤去（てっきょ）した。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
Ignoring objections from his workers, the president got rid of the break room inorder to increase efficiency.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'> 


彼（かれ）は周囲（しゅうい）の視線（しせん）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='884'>をよそに</span>、コンビニの店員（てんいん）に暴言（ぼうげん）を吐（は）き続（つづ）けていた。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
Ignoring the eyes of those around him, he continued to lash out on the convenience store worker.</div></li></ul>
The most common pattern for <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='884'>をよそに</span> to follow is that (A) expresses some overall situation, while (B) indicates an action that is being done without any thought or care given toward those circumstances. Because of this, it is often used critically about actions that are seen as irresponsible.
<div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div>While this grammar point will primarily highlight the actions of people, it will not be used to refer to the speaker's own actions.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'>
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私（わたし）は両親（りょうしん）の反対（はんのう）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='884'>をよそに</span>、彼（かれ）と結婚（けっこん）することにした。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
Ignoring my parents' objections, I decided to marry him. (Unnatural Japanese)</div></li></ul></div></div>

Grammar Info

を余所(よそ)に

ignoring, disregarding, despite