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所で

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
所
ところ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

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From 所 (tokoro, “place”) +‎ で (de, “at”, “in”, indicates a location of action).

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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所(ところ)で • (tokoro de) 

  1. by the way, incidentally
    所(ところ)で、ちょっと君(きみ)に話(はなし)が在(あ)る。
    Tokoro de, chotto kimi ni hanashi ga aru.
    By the way, I have something to tell you.
    所(ところ)で、あなたの仕(し)事(ごと)は何(なん)ですか？
    Tokoro de, anata no shigoto wa nan desu ka?
    By the way, what do you do?

Synonyms

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Particle

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所(ところ)で • (tokoro de) 

  1. even if, no matter if (someone does something)

See also

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References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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