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IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɒf/

Preposition

colloquial

Japanese Meaning

（何かの上に）位置していない、または位置から離れている / 切り離されている、分離されている、除外されている

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He wiped the mud off his boots before entering the house.

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彼は家に入る前にブーツから泥を拭き取った。

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Sense（1）

Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.

He's off the roof now.

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Sense（2）

Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.

The phone is off the hook

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Sense（3）

Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.

His office is off this corridor on the right.

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Sense（4）

Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.

The island is 23 miles off the cape.

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Sense（5）

Removed or subtracted from.

There's 20% off the list price.

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Sense（6）

No longer wanting or taking.

He's been off his feed since Tuesday.

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Sense（7）

(colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.

He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.

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Sense（8）

Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.

Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972

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