ところ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ところ – see the following entries.

【所】3 [noun] a place, a scene, a site; an address [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [noun] a state of being [noun] (after a plain verb) about to [noun] (after a verb in the past tense) just [noun] (after a verb in the progressive ている) indicates the current state, or how you have progressed so far in a chain of actions [noun] (after a verb in the past tense) at that point in time, upon [noun] (literary, calque of Literary Chinese 所 (suǒ)) Attaches to verbs to form noun phrases, meaning the object of that verb. Alternative spelling 処

【野老】 [noun] Synonym of 鬼野老 (onidokoro, “Dioscorea tokoro”) Alternative spelling トコロ

(This term, ところ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ところ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ところ.)