KT47 Word Line
らちがい
埒外
Rachigai
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Meaning
outside the bounds
Outside the scope of a matter; outside what one cares about or is considering.
Example
出世は彼の関心の埒外にある。
Getting promoted lies outside the bounds of his interests.
Origin
Rachi (埒) was originally the fence built around a riding ground. From this came the sense of a division or scope, and by around the late medieval period usages such as rachi ga aku (a matter gets settled) appear to have begun. The Jitsū dictionary says rachi ga aku came from the kurabeuma horse-race ritual at Kamigamo Shrine.