VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

所

ところ

hepburn tokoro

place, location

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

いい所を見つけた。
I found a good spot.
今、家に着いたところ。
I just got home.

Collocations

所 (tokoro, place / point)〜ところ (~tokoro, aspect grammar)居場所 (ibasho, ones place)長所 (chousho, strong point)住所 (juusho, address)

Mnemonic

Tokoro (所) is "place / point / moment / aspect." Kanji 所 reads sho in compounds (ibasho, chousho, tansho) and tokoro in Yamato. Senses: (1) physical (ii tokoro); (2) abstract part (kare no ii tokoro); (3) aspect ~tokoro (ie ni tsuita tokoro, just got home); (4) progressive ~tokoro (yonde iru tokoro). ~Tokoro aspect: ~ru tokoro (about to), ~te iru tokoro (in middle of), ~ta tokoro (just finished). Core N4 / N3 grammar. Compounds: ibasho, juusho, basho, yakusho. Korean got, Chinese difang diverge. JLPT N5 tokoro integrates with ~tokoro aspect.

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Meaning of "ie ni tsuita tokoro"?