所
Meanings
Noun
Adverb
Suffix
1. place; spot; scene; site (also pronounced どころ when a suffix)
Noun
Suffix
2. address (Usually kana)
3. district; area; locality (Usually kana)
4. one's house (Usually kana)
5. point; aspect; side; facet (Usually kana)
6. passage (in text); part (Usually kana)
7. space; room (Usually kana)
8. thing; matter (Usually kana)
Noun
9. whereupon; as a result (Usually kana, after the plain past form of a verb)
10. about to; on the verge of (Usually kana, after present form of a verb)
11. was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing (Usually kana, after past form of a verb)
12. approximately; around; about (Usually kana, after a quantity + が)
Other spellings
とこ
Other readings
Kanji used
Pitch accent
とこ
とこ
Used in vocabulary
Examples1260
驚かない 所 を みる と 知ってた の ね。
Seeing that you're not surprised, I think you must have known.
あっ、 いけない! 忘れる ところ だった!
Oh, no! I almost forgot!
さあ、 今 汲み なさい。 そして 宴会 の 世話役 の 所 に 持っていき なさい。
Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.
「そのうちに、 あなた の ところ に お 邪魔 して も いい ですか」「どうぞ、 どうぞ」
"Do you mind if I call on you sometime?" "No, not at all."
おじ を 見送り に 駅 に 行ってきた ところ だ。
I have been to the station to see my uncle off.
行き たい ところ へ は どこ へ でも 行けます。
You can go wherever you want to go.