Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
ところ > どころ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
出処
出どころ

Noun edit

()(どころ) (dedokoro

  1. source, origin
    ()(やく)()(どころ)(さぐ)れ。
    Mayaku no dedokoro o sagure.
    Search for the source of the drugs.
  2. scene or place to appear
    Synonym: 出番 (deban)
    この(しょう)()()(どころ)()(あやま)(わけ)にはいかない。
    Kono shōbu, dedokoro o miayamaru wake ni wa ikanai.
    In this match, we can't afford to mistake the time to take the offensive.
  3. way out
    Synonym: 出口 (deguchi)
    (こう)(そく)()(どころ)()(ちが)えて(とお)(まわ)りする()()になってしまった。
    Kōsoku no dedokoro o machigaete tōmawari suru hame ni natte shimatta.
    I ended up taking a roundabout way by mistaking the expressway exit.

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
しゅつ > しゅっ
Grade: 1
しょ
Grade: 3
kan’on

Noun edit

(しゅっ)(しょ) (shussho

  1. source, origin
  2. release from prison, leave jail
  3. go to work to where named to be suffixed by (しょ) (sho), like ()()(しょ) (jimusho, office), (けん)(きゅう)(じょ) (kenkyūjo, laboratory) etc.

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
とこ > どこ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Noun edit

()(どこ) (dedoko

  1. Alternative form of 出所 (dedokoro) above

Etymology 4 edit

Kanji in this term
でん
Grade: 1
と > ど
Grade: 3
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
出ん所

Noun edit

(でん)() (dendo

  1. (obsolete) place crowded with people, public place
  2. (obsolete) law court
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