JLPT N5 vocabulary

所meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

ところ0Heiban · flat

Meaning

  1. place, spot, scene, site
  2. address
  3. district, area, locality
  4. one's house
  5. point, aspect, side, facet
  6. passage in a text, part
  7. space, room
  8. thing, matter
  9. whereupon, as a result (after the plain past form of a verb)
  10. about to, on the verge of (after the present form of a verb)
  11. was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing (after the past form of a verb)
  12. approximately, around, about

Example sentences

  1. 僕ぼくはあの時とき帰るかえところだった。

    I was just about to head home at that time.

  2. ところで、 皆さんみなお腹なかは減っへていませんか？

    By the way, isn't everyone hungry?

  3. 私たちわたしが話し合っはな|あたところで何なんも解決かいけつしないわ。

    Even if we discuss it, we're not going to reach any kind of resolution.