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ところ
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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
所ところ処ところ
Other readings
所とことこ
Kanji in other spellings
所place処dispose of
Pitch accent
ところ
Used in vocabulary
ところで
by the way; incidentally; well; now; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
Conjunction
ところが
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite
Conjunction
いたるところ
everywhere; all over; throughout
Expression
所ところ番ばん地ち
address
Noun
つまるところ
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it
Adverb
泣なき所どころ
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel
Noun
付つけ所どころ
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for
Noun
掴つかみどころ
point (of a question, story, etc.); hold; grip
Noun
休やすみどころ
rest area; resting place
Noun
狙ねらいどころ
target; objective
Noun
使つかいどころ
use
Noun
取とり所どころ
merit; worth
Noun
Examples1260
Seeing that you're not surprised, I think you must have known.
Oh, no! I almost forgot!
Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.
"Do you mind if I call on you sometime?" "No, not at all."
I have been to the station to see my uncle off.
You can go wherever you want to go.