文法: Grammar a Day - Level 3 [ ところ (tokoro) ]

ところ (tokoro) - place, time, occasion


--- Examples ---
今着いたところです
I am just now arriving (Lit: now arrival time is)

このホテルは公共交通機関の点から見ると便利な所に位置している。
This hotel is in a convenient place in terms of public transportation.

あなたはそれを終えましたか。それどこか、今始めたところです。
Have you finished it? On the contrary, I've just begun.

あなたは昨晩私が彼女と二人っきりでいるところを見つけて驚いたにちがいない。
You must have been surprised to find me with her alone last night.

あなたは当分の間私のところにいても良い。
You may stay with me for the time being.

--- Comments ---
Lit: Located in a convenient place (contributor: Amatuka)

i changed the E trans to be a bit more literal and hilite the keyword.
(contributor: dc)

ところ in the first example and that in the second example has
completely different meaning, like apples and oranges! (contributor:
bamboo4)

hmm, are they different enough to require different entries? i guess thats
what you're saying.. (contributor: dc)

Not necessarily. The commentary added to 'tokoro' in linking it to
'tokorode' should work. (contributor: bamboo4)

agreed. ex #1107 and ex #3467 mean 'place'. So it shouldn't be
considered a grammar. So can be safely removed. ex #3466 has a quite
different meaning from the remaining two. Here is 〜ところを :
〜という状況、場面(を)and + 動詞 at the back.
〜たところ has two meanings:
1. ちょっと前に〜終わった, 今〜終わったばかり
; just (finished doin some action)
2. 〜たらその結果.... ;once one had just〜, then it
is known that/found out that .... (contributor: 誠)

In ex #3465, I think there the ろ being missed out in どころか,
それどころか、今始めたところです (contributor: 誠)

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