そっちのけ

そっちのけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
其方退け そっち退け

Etymology

そっち +‎ のける

Alternative forms

• そちのけ (sochinoke)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そっちのけ [sòtchínóké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [so̞t̚t͡ɕino̞ke̞]

Noun

そっちのけ • (sotchinoke) 

1. ignoring one thing for another

   勉強(べんきょう)そっちのけで遊(あそ)ぶ

   benkyō sotchinoke de asobu

   to play instead of study

   Synonym: 放っておく

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN