とこ

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of とこ – see the following entries.
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[noun] a raised platform roughly 30cm tall used in dirt-floored rooms as a seat
[noun] a raised area on which to sleep: a bed
[noun] a sickbed
[noun] the floor
[noun] tatami mats
[noun] the seat of an oxcart
[noun] short for 床間 / 床の間 (toko no ma): an alcove with a raised floor along one wall of a traditional Japanese living room
[noun] an alcove with a raised floor used as a study: see 付書院 (tsuke shoin)
[noun] a box seat, such as at a parade, theater, or stadium
[noun] short for 床店 (tokomise): a stall with a raised floor used as a store
[noun] short for 床屋 (tokoya): a barbershop, from how such shops were historically often tokomise
[noun] short for 床船梁 (toko funabari), 舵床 (kajidoko): the large wooden beam at the very aft of a traditional wood-hulled Japanese ship, upon which the rudder is seated
[noun] the heel of a plough; the part of the bottom of a plough that touches the ground and guides the ploughshare
[noun] short for 苗床 (naedoko): a seedbed
[noun] short for 鉄床, 金床 (kanatoko): an anvil
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[noun] (informal, spoken) Alternative form of (tokoro)
Alternative spelling
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[prefix] eternal, forever, unchanging, everlasting
(This term, とこ (toko), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as とこ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とこ.)